New HCI Based on a Collaborative 3D Virtual Desktop for Surgical Planning and Decision Making

• Published in: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Ambient Interaction pp. 659 - 665
• Main Authors: Le Mer, Pascal, Pavy, Dominique
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: 3D Graphic User Interface; Collaborative Decision Support System; Surgical planning; Virtual Reality Technologies
• ISBN: 9783540732808; 3540732802
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73281-5_71

Today, diagnosis of cancer and therapeutic choice imply strongly structured meeting between specialized practitioners. These complex and not standardized meetings are generally located at a same place and need a heavy preparation-time. In this context, we assume that efficient collaborative tools could help to reduce decision time and improve reliability of the chosen treatments. The European project Odysseus investigates how to design a Collaborative Decision Support Systems (CDSS) for surgical planning. We present here an activity analysis and the first outcomes of a participatory design method involving end users. Especially a new concept of Graphic User Interface (GUI) is proposed. It tries to make use of Virtual Reality technologies to overcome issues met with common collaborative tools.