Tool Detection and Operative Skill Assessment in Surgical Videos Using Region-Based Convolutional Neural Networks

• Published in: 2018 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) pp. 691 - 699
• Main Authors: Jin, Amy, Yeung, Serena, Jopling, Jeffrey, Krause, Jonathan, Azagury, Dan, Milstein, Arnold, Fei-Fei, Li
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Convolutional neural networks; Minimally invasive surgery; Task analysis; Training; Videos

Five billion people in the world lack access to quality surgical care. Surgeon skill varies dramatically, and many surgical patients suffer complications and avoidable harm. Improving surgical training and feedback would help to reduce the rate of complications-half of which have been shown to be pr...