Surgical soundtracks: Towards automatic musical augmentation of surgical procedures

Matinfar S, Nasseri MA, Eck U, Roodaki H, Navab N, Lohmann CP, Maier M, Navab N (2017)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer Verlag

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Book Volume: 10434 LNCS

Pages Range: 673-681

Conference Proceedings Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Event location: Quebec City, QC, CAN

ISBN: 9783319661841

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66185-8_76

Abstract

Advances in sensing and digitalization enable us to acquire and present various heterogeneous datasets to enhance clinical decisions. Visual feedback is the dominant way of conveying such information. However, environments rich with many sources of information all presented through the same channel pose the risk of over stimulation and missing crucial information. The augmentation of the cognitive field by additional perceptual modalities such as sound is a workaround to this problem. A major challenge in auditory augmentation is the automatic generation of pleasant and ergonomic audio in complex routines, as opposed to overly simplistic feedback, to avoid fatigue. In this work, without loss of generality to other procedures, we propose a method for aural augmentation of ophthalmic procedures via automatic modification of musical pieces. Evaluations of this first proof of concept regarding recognizability of the conveyed information along with qualitative aesthetics show the potential of our method.

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) Concordia University CA Canada (CA) Klinikum rechts der Isar DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Matinfar, S., Nasseri, M.A., Eck, U., Roodaki, H., Navab, N., Lohmann, C.P.,... Navab, N. (2017). Surgical soundtracks: Towards automatic musical augmentation of surgical procedures. In Pierre Jannin, Simon Duchesne, Maxime Descoteaux, Alfred Franz, D. Louis Collins, Lena Maier-Hein (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 673-681). Quebec City, QC, CAN: Springer Verlag.

MLA:

Matinfar, Sasan, et al. "Surgical soundtracks: Towards automatic musical augmentation of surgical procedures." Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2017, Quebec City, QC, CAN Ed. Pierre Jannin, Simon Duchesne, Maxime Descoteaux, Alfred Franz, D. Louis Collins, Lena Maier-Hein, Springer Verlag, 2017. 673-681.

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