Illumination matters part IV: blackout and whiteout in flexible ureteroscopy - first report on a phenomenon observed by PEARLS.

Jia-Lun Kwok Vincent De Coninck Frédéric Panthier Hatem Kamkoum Felipe Pauchard Anil Shrestha Vineet Gauhar Jan Brachlow Florian Alexander Schmid Cédric Poyet Daniel Eberli Olivier Traxer Etienne Xavier Keller

Published in: World journal of urology (2024)

Blackout or whiteout of images is an undesirable property that was found for several scopes, possibly impacting diagnostic and therapeutic purposes during ureteroscopy. These observations form a guide to impact a urologist's choice of instruments and settings.

Keyphrases

deep learning
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
patient reported outcomes