CAT-ViL: co-attention gated vision-language embedding for visual question localized-answering in robotic surgery

L Bai, M Islam, H Ren - … Conference on Medical Image Computing and …, 2023 - Springer
Medical students and junior surgeons often rely on senior surgeons and specialists to
answer their questions when learning surgery. However, experts are often busy with clinical …

Generating multi-agent trajectories using programmatic weak supervision

E Zhan, S Zheng, Y Yue, L Sha, P Lucey - arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.07612, 2018 - arxiv.org
We study the problem of training sequential generative models for capturing coordinated
multi-agent trajectory behavior, such as offensive basketball gameplay. When modeling …

Virtual reality robotic surgery warm-up improves task performance in a dry laboratory environment: a prospective randomized controlled study

TS Lendvay, TC Brand, L White, T Kowalewski… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Preoperative simulation warm-up has been shown to improve performance
and reduce errors in novice and experienced surgeons, yet existing studies have only …

Surgical robotics and computer-integrated interventional medicine [scanning the issue]

RH Taylor, N Simaan, A Menciassi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ever since their first introduction in the late 1980s,, surgical robots have played an
increasingly prominent role in medical practice,. For example, a recent study found that over …

Evaluation of a manually driven, multitasking platform for complex endoluminal and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery applications (with video)

CC Thompson, M Ryou, NJ Soper, ES Hungess… - Gastrointestinal …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The Direct Drive Endoscopic System (DDES) is a multitasking platform
developed to overcome the limitations of the currently available rigid and flexible …

Modeling surgical technical skill using expert assessment for automated computer rating

DP Azari, LL Frasier, SRP Quamme… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Computer vision was used to predict expert performance ratings from surgeon
hand motions for tying and suturing tasks. Summary Background Data: Existing methods …

Human-machine collaborative surgery using learned models

N Padoy, GD Hager - 2011 IEEE International Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the future of surgery, tele-operated robotic assistants will offer the possibility of performing
certain commonly occurring tasks autonomously. Using a natural division of tasks into …

Using machine learning to assess physician competence: a systematic review

RD Dias, A Gupta, SJ Yule - Academic Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To identify the different machine learning (ML) techniques that have been applied
to automate physician competence assessment and evaluate how these techniques can be …

Intelligent dental training simulator with objective skill assessment and feedback

P Rhienmora, P Haddawy, S Suebnukarn… - Artificial intelligence in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective We present a dental training simulator that provides a virtual reality (VR)
environment with haptic feedback for dental students to practice dental surgical skills in the …

A review of camera viewpoint automation in robotic and laparoscopic surgery

A Pandya, LA Reisner, B King, N Lucas, A Composto… - Robotics, 2014 - mdpi.com
Complex teleoperative tasks, such as surgery, generally require human control. However,
teleoperating a robot using indirect visual information poses many technical challenges …