4 Applications of AI in Surgical Education

The 4 applications of artificial intelligence in surgical education and training are:

1. Video analysis

Surgical videos are a rich data set. Most operations can be divided into separate steps; therefore, algorithms can learn to detect these steps after expert annotation.

2. Recognition of surgical instruments

Another application of artificial intelligence is the recognition of surgical instruments. Instrument recognition allows tracking of instruments, resulting in automated gestures and identification of potential errors.

3. Stratify participants into skill levels

Similarly, enhanced learning was used to analyze the suture videos and was also able to stratify participants into three skill levels (novice, intermediate, and expert).

4. Recognition of surgical anatomy

Deep learning models that recognize surgical anatomy have also been developed, and safe and dangerous dissection areas during cholecystectomy have been identified with an accuracy of 0.94 and 0.95.

These combined applications of artificial intelligence will help reduce the learning curve in surgery and the time it takes to reach training skills.