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S&M2150 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2020.2544 Published: March 19, 2020 Analysis of Hemostasis Procedures through Machine Learning of Endoscopic Images towards Automatic Surgery [PDF] Yoshihisa Matsunaga and Ryoichi Nakamura (Received August 1, 2019; Accepted September 12, 2019) Keywords: medical image processing, support vector machine, robotics, urology, WaFLES
Laparoscopic surgery reduces patient invasiveness; however, the burden on the surgeons is
high because such surgery requires them to have skills higher than those for open procedures.
In particular, improving the working environment of surgeons involves reducing the amount
of human resources required and providing high-level medical services. The cooperation
between robots and surgeons has been effective in the medical field; therefore, we focus on the
automation of hemostasis procedures. An important factor in automation is target detection
and the decision on the completion of the procedures. In this study, we analyzed hemostasis
procedures by region detection through machine learning and developed a method of defining
the termination conditions of the procedures. In hemostasis procedures, the bleeding region is
coagulated by an energy device, the area of the hemostasis region increases, and the surgical
procedure is continued. The method could detect the end of the procedures by monitoring the
variations in the sizes of the bleeding and hemostasis regions.
Corresponding author: Ryoichi NakamuraThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Yoshihisa Matsunaga and Ryoichi Nakamura, Analysis of Hemostasis Procedures through Machine Learning of Endoscopic Images towards Automatic Surgery, Sens. Mater., Vol. 32, No. 3, 2020, p. 947-958. |