Towards Laparoscopic Visual AI: Development of a Visual Guidance System for Laparoscopic Surgical Palpation

• Main Authors: Caballas, Kerwin G, Bolingot, Harold Jay M, Libatique, Nathaniel Joseph C, Tangonan, Gregory L
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: 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/121; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=ecce-faculty-pubs
• 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 the trocars. Palpation is usually done with the surgeon's hands to det...