Precise highlighting of the pancreas by semantic segmentation during robot-assisted gastrectomy: visual assistance with artificial intelligence for surgeons.

Tatsuro NakamuraNao KobayashiYuta KumazuKyohei FukataMotoki MurakamiShugo KohnoYudai HojoEiichiro NakaoYasunori KurahashiYoshinori IshidaHisashi Shinohara

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2024)

Our surgical AI system precisely highlighted the pancreas during robot-assisted gastrectomy at a level that was convincing to surgeons. This technology may prevent misrecognition of the pancreas by surgeons, thus leading to fewer POPFs.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
artificial intelligence
deep learning
quality improvement
thoracic surgery
machine learning
big data
minimally invasive
convolutional neural network