Generalist vision foundation models for medical imaging: A case study of segment anything model on zero-shot medical segmentation

P Shi, J Qiu, SMD Abaxi, H Wei, FPW Lo, W Yuan - Diagnostics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Medical image analysis plays an important role in clinical diagnosis. In this paper, we
examine the recent Segment Anything Model (SAM) on medical images, and report both …

Quantification of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in general, visceral and transplant surgery

L Pollmann, M Juratli, N Roushansarai… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Near-infrared (NIR) imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) has proven to be useful in
general, visceral, and transplant surgery. However, most studies have performed only …

[HTML][HTML] Frontiers of cranial base surgery: integrating technique, technology, and teamwork for the future of neurosurgery

C Toader, L Eva, CI Tataru, RA Covache-Busuioc… - Brain Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The landscape of cranial base surgery has undergone monumental transformations over the
past several decades. This article serves as a comprehensive survey, detailing both the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of surgical skills during robotic surgery by deep learning-based multiple surgical instrument tracking in training and actual operations

D Lee, HW Yu, H Kwon, HJ Kong, KE Lee… - Journal of clinical …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
As the number of robotic surgery procedures has increased, so has the importance of
evaluating surgical skills in these techniques. It is difficult, however, to automatically and …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a deep learning-based algorithm to detect the distal end of a surgical instrument

H Sugimori, T Sugiyama, N Nakayama, A Yamashita… - Applied Sciences, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
This work aims to develop an algorithm to detect the distal end of a surgical instrument using
object detection with deep learning. We employed nine video recordings of carotid …

[HTML][HTML] Semantic SLAM based on deep learning in endocavity environment

H Wu, J Zhao, K Xu, Y Zhang, R Xu, A Wang, Y Iwahori - Symmetry, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Traditional endoscopic treatment methods restrict the surgeon's field of view. New
approaches to laparoscopic visualization have emerged due to the advent of robot-assisted …

From generalization to precision: Exploring sam for tool segmentation in surgical environments

KJ Oguine, RDS Mukul, N Drenkow… - … Imaging 2024: Image …, 2024‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose: Accurate tool segmentation is essential in computer-aided procedures. However,
this task conveys challenges due to artifacts' presence and the limited training data in …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced U-Net with GridMask (EUGNet): A Novel Approach for Robotic Surgical Tool Segmentation

M Daneshgar Rahbar, SZ Mousavi Mojab - Journal of Imaging, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This study proposed enhanced U-Net with GridMask (EUGNet) image augmentation
techniques focused on pixel manipulation, emphasizing GridMask augmentation. This study …

[PDF][PDF] Semantic SLAM Based on Deep Learning in Endocavity Environment. Symmetry 2022, 14, 614

H Wu, J Zhao, K Xu, Y Zhang, R Xu, A Wang, Y Iwahori - 2022‏ - academia.edu
Traditional endoscopic treatment methods restrict the surgeon's field of view. New
approaches to laparoscopic visualization have emerged due to the advent of robot-assisted …