In this paper, we report our discovery of a gaze behavior called Quiet Eye (QE) in minimally invasive surgery. The QE behavior has been extensively studied in sports training and has been associated with higher level of expertise in multiple sports. We investigated the QE behavior in two independently collected data sets of surgeons performing tasks in a sinus surgery setting and a robotic surgery setting, respectively. Our results show that the QE behavior is more likely to occur in successful task executions and in performances of surgeons of high level of expertise. These results open the door to use the QE behavior in both training and skill assessment in minimally invasive surgery.

翻译：本文报告了我们在微创手术中发现的一种名为静眼（QE）的注视行为。静眼行为已在运动训练中得到广泛研究，并被认为与多项运动中的高水平专业技能相关。我们分别在鼻窦手术和机器人手术两种场景下，通过对两组独立采集的外科医生操作数据集探究了静眼行为。研究结果表明，静眼行为更易出现在成功的手术操作中，以及高技能水平的外科医生执行任务时。这些发现为静眼行为在微创手术训练与技能评估中的应用开辟了道路。