The most common use of gesture-based COTS devices in surgery was image manipulation in interventional radiology environments or the operating room (42 studies), followed by virtual or augmented reality for educational or interventional purposes (16 studies)¶
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q3 i? Image manipulation in interventional radiology or operating room environments was the most frequent use of gesture-based COTS devices, reported in 42 of the included studies. → Alvarez-Lopez F 2019
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Alvarez-Lopez F 2019¶
Alvarez-Lopez F, Maina MF, Saigí-Rubió F. (2019). Use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf Devices for the Detection of Manual Gestures in Surgery: Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/11925
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The review's Table 5 taxonomy of uses of gesture-based COTS devices in surgery lists image manipulation as the largest category with N=42 studies, ahead of virtual or augmented reality for educational or interventional purposes (N=16) and robotic surgery (N=7).
"Manipulation of images in interventional radiology environments or in the operating room (N=42)"
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