[Translational challenges and clinical potential of artificial intelligence in minimally invasive surgery].

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great potential for minimally invasive surgery, with fields of application ranging from interdisciplinary treatment stratification through preoperative planning up to active decision support in the operating room, which are the focus of this article. Artificial neural networks for analysis of surgical video recordings could enhance surgical safety, efficiency and planning. High-quality, diverse (meta)data are essential for such AI applications but the annotatio