Infertility

Contrastive rendering with semi-supervised learning for ovary and follicle segmentation from 3D ultrasound.

Segmentation of ovary and follicles from 3D ultrasound (US) is the crucial technique of measurement tools for female infertility diagnosis. Since manual segmentation is time-consuming and operator-dependent, an accurate and fast segmentation method is highly demanded. However, it is challenging for current deep-learning based methods to segment ovary and follicles precisely due to ambiguous bounda...

Robotic resection for hydatid disease of the liver.

Robotic-assisted surgery for the management of hepatic echinococcosis was introduced in 2016. The advantage it offers over laparoscopy is less rigidity with the use of the 360° rotation of the Endo-Wrist technology, thus allowing the preservation of the integrity of the liver tissue. Herein, we report the first successful robotic resection of the left lobe of the liver for hydatid disease in the M...

Laparoscopy/New Technology.

Robot-assisted Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery for Management of Endometriosis: A Pilot Study of 33 Cases.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe the surgical techniques and short-term outcomes for 33 cases of robot-assisted transvaginal natural orifice transluminal ...

Robot-assisted donor hysterectomy in uterus transplantation - a modality to increase reproducibility.

Uterus transplantation is a non-lifesaving vascularized composite allotransplantation procedure requiring immunosuppression until removal of the graft...

An eye-tracking based robotic scrub nurse: proof of concept.

BACKGROUND: Within surgery, assistive robotic devices (ARD) have reported improved patient outcomes. ARD can offer the surgical team a "third hand" to...

Multidisciplinary Approach to Robotic Resection of Abdominal Wall Endometriosis and Mesh Repair.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate a technique for robot-assisted laparoscopic excision of abdominal wall endometriosis and mesh reinforcement of the sub...

Machine learning for sperm selection.

Infertility rates and the number of couples seeking fertility care have increased worldwide over the past few decades. Over 2.5 million cycles of assi...

Machine-intelligence for developing a potent signature to predict ovarian response to tailor assisted reproduction technology.

The prediction of poor ovarian response (POR) for stratified interference is a critical clinical issue that has received an increasing amount of recen...

Evaluation of artificial intelligence using time-lapse images of IVF embryos to predict live birth.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Can artificial intelligence (AI) improve the prediction of live births based on embryo images?

Laparoscopy/New Technology.

Deep learning early warning system for embryo culture conditions and embryologist performance in the ART laboratory.

Staff competency is a crucial component of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratory quality management system because it impacts clinical outcomes ...

Semantic segmentation of human oocyte images using deep neural networks.

BACKGROUND: Infertility is a significant problem of humanity. In vitro fertilisation is one of the most effective and frequently applied ART methods. ...

Laparoscopy/New Technology.

Evaluation of the learning curve of robot-assisted laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy.

BACKGROUND: The current standard treatment for external rectal prolapse and symptomatic high-grade internal rectal prolapse is surgical correction wit...

Comparison of Perioperative, Oncological, and Functional Outcomes of Three-Dimensional Versus Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Preliminary Study.

Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the first-line treatment modality for prostate cancer and can be performed using retropubic or minimally invasive techn...

Laparoscopy/New Technology.

Individualized embryo selection strategy developed by stacking machine learning model for better in vitro fertilization outcomes: an application study.

BACKGROUND: To minimize the rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF)- associated multiple-embryo gestation, significant efforts have been made. Previous s...

Review of computer vision application in in vitro fertilization: the application of deep learning-based computer vision technology in the world of IVF.

In vitro fertilization has been regarded as a forefront solution in treating infertility for over four decades, yet its effectiveness has remained rel...

[Minimally invasive liver surgery].

Minimally invasive liver surgery is safe and can be performed with results practically equal to those in open surgery. There are different techniques ...