Artificial intelligence assisted display in thoracic surgery: development and possibilities

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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Zhuxing Chen¹  Yudong Zhang²  Zeping Yan¹  Junguo Dong¹  Weipeng Cai¹  Yongfu Ma⁴  Jipeng Jiang⁴  Keyao Dai⁵  Hengrui Liang¹  Jianxing He¹ 

[1] Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health;Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University;Guangdong Association of Thoracic Diseases;Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital;Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University

关键词: Artificial intelligence (AI);    thoracic surgery;    surgical video;    computed tomography (CT);   

DOI  :  10.21037/jtd-21-1240

学科分类：呼吸医学

来源: Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company

【 摘 要 】

In this golden age of rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), researchers and surgeons realized that AI could contribute to healthcare in all aspects, especially in surgery. The popularity of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) and the improvement of the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) not only bring opportunities for thoracic surgery but also bring challenges on the way forward. Preoperatively localizing lung nodules precisely, intraoperatively identifying anatomical structures accurately, and avoiding complications requires a visual display of individuals’ specific anatomy for surgical simulation and assistance. With the advance of AI-assisted display technologies, including 3D reconstruction/3D printing, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), computer tomography (CT) imaging in thoracic surgery has been fully utilized for transforming 2D images to 3D model, which facilitates surgical teaching, planning, and simulation. AI-assisted display based on surgical videos is a new surgical application, which is still in its infancy. Notably, it has potential applications in thoracic surgery education, surgical quality evaluation, intraoperative assistance, and postoperative analysis. In this review, we illustrated the current AI-assisted display applications based on CT in thoracic surgery; focused on the emerging AI applications in thoracic surgery based on surgical videos by reviewing its relevant researches in other surgical fields and anticipate its potential development in thoracic surgery.

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