Multiple instance convolutional neural network for gallbladder assessment from laparoscopic images.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We present an artificial intelligence framework for vascularity classification of the gallbladder (GB) wall from intraoperative images of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).

Authors

  • Constantinos Loukas
    Laboratory of Medical Physics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. cloukas@med.uoa.gr.
  • Athanasios Gazis
    Laboratory of Medical Physics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • Dimitrios Schizas
    1st Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.