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June 21, 2017 / Last updated : February 21, 2021 irfan IPCAI

Paper in IPCAI 2017 on "Video and Accelerometer-Based Motion Analysis for Automated Surgical Skills Assessment"

Paper Abstract Purpose: Basic surgical skills of suturing and knot tying are an essential part of medical training. Having an automated system for surgical skills assessment could help save experts time and improve training efficiency. There have been some recent attempts at automated surgical skills assessment using either video analysis or acceleration data. In this […]

September 2, 2016 / Last updated : February 22, 2021 irfan IJCARS

Paper in IJCARS (2016) on “Automated video-based assessment of surgical skills for training and evaluation in medical schools”

Routine evaluation of basic surgical skills in medical schools requires considerable time and effort from supervising faculty. For each surgical trainee, a supervisor has to observe the trainees in-person. Alternatively, supervisors may use training videos, which reduces some of the logistical overhead. All these approaches, however, are still incredibly time-consuming and involve human bias. In this paper, we present an automated system for surgical skills assessment by analyzing video data of surgical activities.

October 6, 2015 / Last updated : February 21, 2021 irfan MICCAI

Paper in MICCAI (2015): "Automated Assessment of Surgical Skills Using Frequency Analysis"