Acoustic rendering as support for sustained attention during biomedical procedures

  • Authors:
  • Emil Jovanov;Dusan Starcevic;Kristen Wegner;Daniel Karron;Vlada Radivojevic

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia;University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia;Computer Aided Surgery, Inc., New York, U.S.A.;Computer Aided Surgery, Inc., New York, U.S.A.;Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

  • Venue:
  • ICAD'98 Proceedings of the 1998 international conference on Auditory Display
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Biomedical procedures of long duration cause mental fatigue and attention deficit. We investigated using sound as a means to support sustained attention during prolonged procedures and analysis. In this paper we present tactical audio as support for precise manual positioning of a surgical instrument, and introduce acoustic rendering as an additional information channel and/or warning signal in EEG analysis.