Summary of Monocular Pose Estimation Of Articulated Surgical Instruments in Open Surgery, by Robert Spektor et al.
Monocular pose estimation of articulated surgical instruments in open surgery
by Robert Spektor, Tom Friedman, Itay Or, Gil Bolotin, Shlomi Laufer
First submitted to arxiv on: 16 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach to monocular 6D pose estimation of surgical instruments in open surgery is presented, addressing challenges such as object articulations, symmetries, occlusions, and lack of annotated real-world data. The method leverages synthetic data generation and domain adaptation techniques to overcome these obstacles. The proposed approach combines synthetic data generation, a tailored pose estimation framework, and a training strategy that utilizes both synthetic and real unannotated data. Evaluations on videos of open surgery demonstrate good performance and real-world applicability. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this study, researchers developed a new way to estimate the position of surgical instruments in open surgery using just one camera view. They tackled challenges like object movements, symmetries, and partial occlusions by generating synthetic data and adapting their method for use with real video data. The approach showed promising results on videos of real surgeries and could be integrated into medical augmented reality and robotic systems to improve procedures. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Domain adaptation * Pose estimation * Synthetic data
