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Artificial intelligence, imaging, and large language models have the potential to transform surgical practice, training, and automation. Understanding and modeling of basic surgical actions (BSA), the fundamental unit of operation in any…

Robot-assisted surgical systems have demonstrated significant potential in enhancing surgical precision and minimizing human errors. However, existing systems cannot accommodate individual surgeons' unique preferences and requirements.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Amr Gomaa , Bilal Mahdy , Niko Kleer , Antonio Krüger

Recognizing various surgical tools, actions and phases from surgery videos is an important problem in computer vision with exciting clinical applications. Existing deep-learning-based methods for this problem either process each surgical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Haifeng Wang , Hao Xu , Jun Wang , Jian Zhou , Ke Deng

The work in this paper focuses on the role of machine learning in assessing the correctness of a human motion or action. This task proves to be more challenging than the gesture and action recognition ones. We will demonstrate, through a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-04 Alina Miron , Crina Grosan

Home-based physical therapies are effective if the prescribed exercises are correctly executed and patients adhere to these routines. This is specially important for older adults who can easily forget the guidelines from therapists.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Sara García-de-Villa , David Casillas-Pérez , Ana Jiménez-Martín , Juan Jesús García-Domínguez

The automation of robotic tasks requires high precision and adaptability, particularly in force-based operations such as insertions. Traditional learning-based approaches either rely on static datasets, which limit their ability to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Zebin Duan , Frederik Hagelskjær , Aljaz Kramberger , Juan Heredia , Norbert Krüger

Daily life of thousands of individuals around the globe suffers due to physical or mental disability related to limb movement. The quality of life for such individuals can be made better by use of assistive applications and systems. In such…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-02 Asad Mansoor Khan , Ayesha Sadiq , Sajid Gul Khawaja , Norah Saleh Alghamdi , Muhammad Usman Akram , Ali Saeed

When technical requirements are high, and patient outcomes are critical, opportunities for monitoring and improving surgical skills via objective motion analysis feedback may be particularly beneficial. This narrative review synthesises…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Merryn D. Constable , Hubert P. H. Shum , Stephen Clark

(1) Background: The success of physiotherapy depends on the regular and correct performance of movement exercises. A system that automatically evaluates these could support the therapy. Previous approaches in this area rarely rely on Deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Andreas Spilz , MIchael Munz

Goal: A limitation in robotic surgery is the lack of force feedback, due to challenges in suitable sensing techniques. To enhance the perception of the surgeons and precise force rendering, estimation of these forces along with tissue…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-30 Srikar Annamraju , Yuxi Chen , Jooyoung Lim , Inki Kim

Contemporary progress in the field of robotics, marked by improved efficiency and stability, has paved the way for the global adoption of surgical robotic systems (SRS). While these systems enhance surgeons' skills by offering a more…

Machine learning and deep learning methods have become essential for computer-assisted prediction in medicine, with a growing number of applications also in the field of mammography. Typically these algorithms are trained for a specific…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-03 Maria Wimmer , Gert Sluiter , David Major , Dimitrios Lenis , Astrid Berg , Theresa Neubauer , Katja Bühler

Real-time recognition and prediction of surgical activities are fundamental to advancing safety and autonomy in robot-assisted surgery. This paper presents a multimodal transformer architecture for real-time recognition and prediction of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-27 Keshara Weerasinghe , Seyed Hamid Reza Roodabeh , Kay Hutchinson , Homa Alemzadeh

The paper provides a survey of the development of machine-learning techniques for video analysis. The survey provides a summary of the most popular deep learning methods used for human activity recognition. We discuss how popular…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Marios S. Pattichis , Venkatesh Jatla , Alvaro E. Ullao Cerna

Surgical robot task automation has recently attracted great attention due to its potential to benefit both surgeons and patients. Reinforcement learning (RL) based approaches have demonstrated promising ability to provide solutions to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Jingshuai Liu , Alain Andres , Yonghang Jiang , Xichun Luo , Wenmiao Shu , Sotirios A. Tsaftaris

The use of machine learning to develop intelligent software tools for interpretation of radiology images has gained widespread attention in recent years. The development, deployment, and eventual adoption of these models in clinical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Viraj Kulkarni , Manish Gawali , Amit Kharat

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays a vital role in diagnosis, management and monitoring of many diseases. However, it is an inherently slow imaging technique. Over the last 20 years, parallel imaging, temporal encoding and compressed…

This paper evaluates methods of hierarchical skill analysis developed in aerospace to the problem of surgical skill assessment and modeling. The analysis employs tool motion data of Fundamental of Laparoscopic Skills (FLS) tasks collected…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2015-04-01 Bin Li , Berenice Mettler , Timonthy M. Kowalewski

Prediction is an appealing objective for self-supervised learning of behavioral skills, particularly for autonomous robots. However, effectively utilizing predictive models for control, especially with raw image inputs, poses a number of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-09 Frederik Ebert , Sudeep Dasari , Alex X. Lee , Sergey Levine , Chelsea Finn

Automated video-based assessment of surgical skills is a promising task in assisting young surgical trainees, especially in poor-resource areas. Existing works often resort to a CNN-LSTM joint framework that models long-term relationships…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-05 Zhenqiang Li , Lin Gu , Weimin Wang , Ryosuke Nakamura , Yoichi Sato