320 Chapter 12 Conclusion Kinovea can be used to retrospectively assess instrument movement in laparoscopic surgery without requiring extra equipment9. In this study Kinovea was used to assess if this software could be used to automatically measure surgical movement in robot assisted radical prostatectomy videos. Based on the results of this study, because of a more close-up camera position for robotic as compared to laparoscopic surgery, the speed of the surgical instruments, tissue overlapping the instrument, and the fact that the instrument has flexible joints, the Kinovea software cannot be used to automatically assess surgical movements in RARP surgical videos.
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