Interfaces of Future Medical Workplaces – Augmented Reality for Minimally Invasive Therapy

This positioning paper describes the challenge of assessing usability or plan ergonomic research from not yet existing technology. It proposes a methodology for quality assessment of future computer systems for minimally invasive therapy. The multidisciplinary ARIS*ER research team aims to give “super vision ” and “super sensing ” to the surgical team by augmented reality technology and robotic applications. The team consists of specialists on robotics, 3D visualization and tracking, segmentation, rendering as well as ergonomics and design. This paper drafts the design methodology and the applied ergonomic methods. It points out aspects that were taken into account to deal with the multi-disciplinarity of the users as well as the developers. The paper is summarized with general aims of planned usability studies and ergonomic research. Author Keyword