AI in Healthcare October 3, 2019
Machine learning can be combined with virtual or augmented reality to train surgery residents in sensitive spinal procedures.
Further, the researchers who demonstrated the technique showed their algorithms capable of finely distinguishing between junior- and senior-level surgeons by assessing their dexterity during the procedures.
The study was conducted at McGill University in Montreal and published online ahead of print in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Vincent Bissonnette, MD, and colleagues enrolled 22 experienced surgeons and 19 trainees to perform a virtual hemilaminectomy, a minimally invasive procedure used to alleviate spinal compression.
The researchers recorded, at...
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