Pr Osman Ratib KIOP

One minute pitch - Pr Osman Ratib during the World Innovation Day. KiOP: manipulating images with hand gestures in sterile environments. An increasing number of image-guided procedures require images to be displayed and manipulated in operating rooms (OR). To do so, surgeons need pointing devices that can be used in a sterile environment. We therefore elected to develop a system (KiOP) based on the Kinect system from Microsoft that allows for remote image manipulation with hand waving gestures. A dedicated software allows for image manipulation of very limited hand motion gestures, avoiding large gestures that could compromise sterility. A first prototype was developed on Windows operating system and a second version as a “Plugin” for our OsiriX Open-Source imaging platform. The KiOP system was implemented in ORs equipped with wall-mounted display monitors allowing surgeons to remotely select and manipulate images by simple gestures performed in a very limited space. A prospective study is underway to evaluate the impact and benefit of this innovative system over conventional imaging workstations.