Mask then classify: multi-instance segmentation for surgical instruments [PDF]
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg, 2021 The detection and segmentation of surgical instruments has been a vital step for many applications in minimally invasive surgical robotics. Previously, the problem was tackled from a semantic segmentation perspective, yet these methods fail to provide ...
T. Kurmann +4 more
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Bacterial Contamination of Surgical Instruments Used at the Surgery Department of a Major Teaching Hospital in a Resource-Limited Country: An Observational Study [PDF]
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2022 Surgical instruments, be they disposable or reusable, are essential in any surgical procedure. Reusable surgical instruments should be properly sterilized or disinfected before use. However, the protocols are not always followed accordingly. This results
Enid Owusu, Emmanuel Afutu
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Analysis of microbial contamination during use and reprocessing of surgical instruments and sterile packaging systems [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 A surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common surgical complications. This study analyzed different sources of microorganisms in the air, on reusable surgical instruments, and the outer surface of sterile packaging systems during the use and ...
Lena Dreikausen +6 more
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Robotic scrub nurse to anticipate surgical instruments based on real-time laparoscopic video analysis [PDF]
Commun Med (Lond)Machine learning and robotics technologies are increasingly being used in the healthcare domain to improve the quality and efficiency of surgeries and to address challenges such as staff shortages. Robotic scrub nurses in particular offer great potential
Lars Wagner +12 more
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Minimising carbon and financial costs of steam sterilisation and packaging of reusable surgical instruments [PDF]
Br J Surg, 2021 Background The aim of this study was to estimate the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments, indicating how that burden might be reduced, enabling surgeons to drive action ...
C. Rizan +3 more
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Musculoskeletal disorders and discomfort for female surgeons or surgeons with small hand size when using hand-held surgical instruments: a systematic review [PDF]
Syst RevBackground Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), also referred to as work-related musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs), cause surgeons pain and discomfort. Implementing ergonomics in the operating room has helped reduce such symptoms.
Ahmed Basager +4 more
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Methods and datasets for segmentation of minimally invasive surgical instruments in endoscopic images and videos: A review of the state of the art [PDF]
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2023 In the field of computer- and robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, enormous progress has been made in recent years based on the recognition of surgical instruments in endoscopic images and videos.
Tobias Rueckert, D. Rueckert, C. Palm
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From Forks to Forceps: A New Framework for Instance Segmentation of Surgical Instruments [PDF]
IEEE Workshop/Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, 2022 Minimally invasive surgeries and related applications demand surgical tool classification and segmentation at the instance level. Surgical tools are similar in appearance and are long, thin, and handled at an angle.
Britty Baby +7 more
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Real-time Instance Segmentation of Surgical Instruments using Attention and Multi-scale Feature Fusion [PDF]
Medical Image Anal., 2021 Precise instrument segmentation aids surgeons to navigate the body more easily and increases patient safety. While accurate tracking of surgical instruments in real-time plays a crucial role in minimally invasive computer-assisted surgeries, it is a ...
Juan Carlos Angeles Ceron +3 more
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American Journal of Infection Control, 2023 BACKGROUND There are several sources of pathogens that cause surgical site infections (SSI) to include the patients endogenous microflora and exogenous sources (e.g., air, surfaces, staff, surgical equipment).
W. Rutala, David J Weber
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