Ontology-based surgical workflow recognition and prediction.

Journal: Journal of biomedical informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgical context-aware systems can adapt to the current situation in the operating room and thus provide computer-aided assistance functionalities and intraoperative decision-support. To interact with the surgical team perceptively and assist the surgical process, the system needs to monitor the intraoperative activities, understand the current situation in the operating room at any time, and anticipate the following possible situations.

Authors

  • Juliane Neumann
    Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. juliane.neumann@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
  • Alexandr Uciteli
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Tim Meschke
    Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Semmelweisstraße 14, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Richard Bieck
    Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, Leipzig University, Germany.
  • Stefan Franke
    c Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS) , University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
  • Heinrich Herre
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Thomas Neumuth
    Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.