Breaking down the silos of artificial intelligence in surgery: glossary of terms.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date:

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The literature on artificial intelligence (AI) in surgery has advanced rapidly during the past few years. However, the published studies on AI are mostly reported by computer scientists using their own jargon which is unfamiliar to surgeons.

Authors

  • Andrea Moglia
    Department of ElectronicsInformation and BioengineeringPolitecnico di Milano 20133 Milan Italy.
  • Konstantinos Georgiou
    1st Propaedeutic Surgical Unit, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • Luca Morelli
    General Surgery Unit, Department of Oncology, Transplantation and New Technologies, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
  • Konstantinos Toutouzas
    1st Propaedeutic Surgical Unit, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • Richard M Satava
    University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle WA USA.
  • Alfred Cuschieri
    Surgical Technology and Robotics Group, Institute for Medical Science and Technology (IMSaT), University of Dundee, Dundee, DD2 1FD, UK. a.cuschieri@dundee.ac.uk.