Can deep learning automate video-based robotic surgical action recognition and skills assessment in porcine models?
AI and deep learning can successfully automate surgical action recognition and skill assessment in porcine models, paving the way for future clinical translation.
Our study demonstrated that AI can be used to automate surgical action recognition and skill assessment. The use of a porcine model enables effective data collection at different levels of surgical performance, which is normally not available in the clinical setting. Future studies need to test how well AI developed within a porcine setting can be used to detect errors and provide feedback and actionable skills assessment in the clinical setting.
Hashemi et al. (Mon,) studied this question.