Development of a Laparoscopic Box Trainer Based on Open Source Hardware and Artificial Intelligence for Objective Assessment of Surgical Psychomotor Skills.

Journal: Surgical innovation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A trainer for online laparoscopic surgical skills assessment based on the performance of experts and nonexperts is presented. The system uses computer vision, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence algorithms, implemented into a Raspberry Pi board with Python programming language.

Authors

  • Gustavo A Alonso-Silverio
    1 Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México.
  • Fernando Pérez-Escamirosa
    2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Raúl Bruno-Sanchez
    1 Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México.
  • José L Ortiz-Simon
    3 Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México.
  • Roberto Muñoz-Guerrero
    4 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Arturo Minor-Martinez
    4 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Antonio Alarcón-Paredes
    1 Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México.