Human-computer Interaction in Minimally Invasive Interventions

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Human-computer Interaction
• Biomedical image visualization
• Virtual and Augmented Reality
• Human factors in medicine

I am currently investigating the human factors involved when a surgeon is interacting with multi-modal images and display techniques during various types of minimally invasive surgeries. Extracting common surgical tasks across cardiac, renal and hepatic surgeries and seeing whether augmented image guidance can improve visibility and coordination will be important for setting up usability rules for the next generation of minimally invasive surgery and therapy tools.

 

KEY QUESTIONS

• How and when should composite multi-modal images be presented to a surgeon to enhance the surgical workflow rather than complicate the minimally invasive procedure?

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Non Refereed Conference Presentations

1. Lo, J., and Uy, F. LED feedback display on surgical drill for image-guided surgery. The 2nd Annual Canadian Student Conference on Biomedical Computing. March 2007.

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

CV/ Portfolio (online)