Design and evaluation of an immersive ultrasound-guided locoregional anesthesia simulator

Cassandre Simon (1) , Lucas Herfort (1) , Amine Chellali (1)

1 IBISC - Informatique, BioInformatique, Systèmes Complexes

We present the design and evaluation of an immersive ultrasound guided loco regional anesthesia simulator. A face and content validation study with eighteen anesthesiologists was conducted. The results show that the developed system is a promising tool suited for developing hand-eye coordination skills. On the other hand, the study raised some issues related to the fidelity of the haptic feedback. These findings support our design choices and suggest improvements before the validation of the simulator.

Keywords: Medical training; Immersive simulation; User-centered design; Simulator validity

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC]; Computer Science [cs]; Emerging Technologies [cs.ET]

Cassandre Simon, Lucas Herfort, Amine Chellali. Design and evaluation of an immersive ultrasound-guided locoregional anesthesia simulator. 29th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR 2022), Mar 2022, Christchurch, New Zealand. ⟨hal-03648706⟩