A CASE STUDY OF USING POIGO PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN OF CUSTOMIZED SURGICAL GUIDES

DESIGN OF CUSTOMIZED SURGICAL GUIDES INVOLVES STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SURGEON AND ENGINEER DURING ALL THE PROCESS STEPS. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO ACCOMPLISH DUE TO DIFFERENT REASONS RELATED MAINLY TO SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL L ANGUAGE, DIVERSE APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS SOLVING AND ASSESSING OUTCOMES, DIFFERENT WORKING TIME SCHEDULES OR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS. THEREFORE, AN ONLINE INTELLIGENT PLATFORM WAS DEVELOPED FOR IMPROVING SURGEON-ENGINEER COLLABORATION, FOR SIMPLIFYING THE PA TIENT-SPECIFIC SURGICAL GUIDES’ DESIGN PROCESS AND FOR AUTOMATIZING SOME OF ITS STEPS. THE PLATFORM IS BASED ON STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRES USED FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSPOSING MEDICAL INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS INTO DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS IN THE FORM OF TECH NICAL REPORTS. THE CURRENT PAPER PRESENTS A CASE STUDY FOR ILLUSTRATING THE APPROACH IMPLEMENTED IN TH E PLATFORM. BASED ON A SCENARIO, SEVENTEEN ENGINEERS TESTED THE PLATFORM AND ANSWERED A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR GATHERING DATA REGARDING THE COMPLETENESS OF INF ORMATION AND TOOLS PROVIDED BY PLATFORM FOR DESIGNING GUIDES. FURTHER RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE PERFORMING TESTS WITH A LARGER GROUP OF USERS, BOTH DESIGNERS AND SURGEONS, IN ORDER TO DEPLOY AN IMPROVED VERSION OF THE PLATFORM.

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