Development of a Visual Guidance System for Laparoscopic Surgical Palpation using Computer Vision

• Main Authors: Caballas, Kerwin G, Bolingot, Harold Jay, Libatique, Nathaniel Joseph C, Tangonan, Gregory L
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Laparoscope; Visualization; Minimally invasive surgery; Computational modeling; Decision making; Biological systems; Bladder; Laparoscopic palpation; surgical computer vision; instance segmentation; image-guided surgery; artificial intelligence; surgical decision-making; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Surgery
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/ecce-faculty-pubs/123; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9398796
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Currently, there are numerous obstacles to performing palpation during laparoscopic surgery. The laparoscopic interface does not allow access into a patient's body anything other than the tools that are inserted through small incisions. Palpation is a useful technique for augmenting surgical de...