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- Title
Artificial intelligence in laparoscopic simulation: a promising future for large-scale automated evaluations.
- Authors
Belmar, Francisca; Gaete, María Inés; Escalona, Gabriel; Carnier, Martín; Durán, Valentina; Villagrán, Ignacio; Asbun, Domenech; Cortés, Matías; Neyem, Andrés; Crovari, Fernando; Alseidi, Adnan; Varas, Julián
- Abstract
Introduction: A limitation to expanding laparoscopic simulation training programs is the scarcity of expert evaluators. In 2019, a new digital platform for remote and asynchronous laparoscopic simulation training was validated. Through this platform, 369 trainees have been trained in 14 institutions across Latin America, collecting 6729 videos of laparoscopic training exercises. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has recently emerged in surgical simulation, showing usefulness in training assessment, virtual reality scenarios, and laparoscopic virtual reality simulation. An AI algorithm to assess basic laparoscopic simulation training exercises was developed. This study aimed to analyze the agreement between this AI algorithm and expert evaluators in assessing basic laparoscopic-simulated training exercises. Methods: The AI algorithm was trained using 400-bean drop (BD) and 480-peg transfer (PT) videos and tested using 64-BD and 43-PT randomly selected videos, not previously used to train the algorithm. The agreement between AI and expert evaluators from the digital platform (EE) was then analyzed. The exercises being assessed involve using laparoscopic graspers to move objects across an acrylic board without dropping any objects in a determined time (BD < 24 s, PT < 55 s). The AI algorithm can detect object movement, identify if objects have fallen, track grasper clamps location, and measure exercise time. Cohen's Kappa test was used to evaluate the agreement between AI assessments and those performed by EE, using a pass/fail nomenclature based on the time to complete the exercise. Results: After the algorithm was trained, 79.69% and 93.02% agreement were observed in BD and PT, respectively. The Kappa coefficients test observed for BD and PT were 0.59 (moderate agreement) and 0.86 (almost perfect agreement), respectively. Conclusion: This first approach of AI use in basic laparoscopic skills simulated training assessment shows promising results, providing a preliminary framework to expand the use of AI to other basic laparoscopic skills exercises.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL intelligence; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; SIMULATION software; EXERCISE therapy; OBJECT tracking (Computer vision); VIRTUAL reality
- Publication
Surgical Endoscopy & Other Interventional Techniques, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 6, p4942
- ISSN
1866-6817
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-022-09576-1