Computer vision in surgery: from potential to clinical value

P Mascagni, D Alapatt, L Sestini, MS Altieri… - npj Digital …, 2022 - nature.com
Hundreds of millions of operations are performed worldwide each year, and the rising
uptake in minimally invasive surgery has enabled fiber optic cameras and robots to become …

Federated cycling (FedCy): Semi-supervised Federated Learning of surgical phases

H Kassem, D Alapatt, P Mascagni… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advancements in deep learning methods bring computer-assistance a step closer to
fulfilling promises of safer surgical procedures. However, the generalizability of such …

The utility of synoptic operation reports in colorectal surgery: a systematic review

A Nikolic, I Tranter-Entwistle, A McCombie… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Accurate documentation is crucial in surgical patient care. Synoptic reports (SR)
are structured checklist-based reports that offer a standardised alternative to traditional …

Surgical workflow recognition: from analysis of challenges to architectural study

T Czempiel, A Sharghi, M Paschali, N Navab… - … on Computer Vision, 2022 - Springer
Algorithmic surgical workflow recognition is an ongoing research field and can be divided
into laparoscopic (Internal) and operating room (External) analysis. So far, many different …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmarking 2D human pose estimators and trackers for workflow analysis in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

RM Butler, E Frassini, TS Vijfvinkel, S van Riel… - Medical Engineering & …, 2025 - Elsevier
Workflow insights can improve efficiency and safety in the Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory (Cath Lab). As manual analysis is labor-intensive, we aim for automation through …

[HTML][HTML] 2D human pose tracking in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory with BYTE

RM Butler, TS Vijfvinkel, E Frassini, S van Riel… - Medical Engineering & …, 2025 - Elsevier
Workflow insights can enable safety-and efficiency improvements in the Cardiac
Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath Lab). Human pose tracklets from video footage can …

A methodology for the annotation of surgical videos for supervised machine learning applications

E Fischer, KJ Jawed, K Cleary, A Balu… - International journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Surgical data science is an emerging field focused on quantitative analysis of pre-,
intra-, and postoperative patient data (Maier-Hein et al. in Med Image Anal 76: 102306 …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic generation of operation notes in endoscopic pituitary surgery videos using workflow recognition

A Das, DZ Khan, JG Hanrahan, HJ Marcus… - Intelligence-Based …, 2023 - Elsevier
Operation notes are a crucial component of patient care. However, writing them manually is
prone to human error, particularly in high pressured clinical environments. Automatic …

[PDF][PDF] Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2022 Year in Review

MSC Raghav Awasthi, JB Cywinski, AK Khanna… - researchgate.net
The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive review of publications related to
artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare for the year 2022. Both the quantity and …

[HTML][HTML] From Bit to Bedside

JL Lavanchy - swiss-knife.org
As most surgeons are not familiar with computer science, this review article will explain
basic concepts of AI and deep learning, how they are applied to surgery and what potential …