Robot-assisted urologic surgery coupled with machine learning is a burgeoning area of
study that demonstrates exciting potential. However, further validation and clinical trials are …

Objective: Virtual Reality (VR) simulators represent a remarkable educational opportunity in
order to acquire and refine surgical practical skills. Nevertheless, there exists no consensus …

Automated video-based assessment of surgical skills is a promising task in assisting young
surgical trainees, especially in poor-resource areas. Existing works often resort to a CNN …

Context As robot-assisted surgery is increasingly used in surgical care, the engineering
research effort towards surgical automation has also increased significantly. Automation …

The existing performance evaluation methods in robot-assisted surgery (RAS) are mainly
subjective, costly, and affected by shortcomings such as the inconsistency of results and …

The assessment of surgical technical skills to be acquired by novice surgeons has been
traditionally done by an expert surgeon and is therefore of a subjective nature. Nevertheless …

There continues to be rapid developments and research in the field of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) in Urological Oncology worldwide. In this review we discuss the basics of AI, application …

Neonatal Endotracheal Intubation (ETI) is a critical resuscitation skill that requires
tremendous practice of trainees before clinical exposure. However, current manikin-based …

Surgical activity recognition and prediction can help provide important context in many
Robot-Assisted Surgery (RAS) applications, for example, surgical progress monitoring and …

Background: Clinical artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a critical inflection point.
Advances in algorithmic science and increased understanding of operational considerations …