Stryker Corporation
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING AND ANNOTATING IMAGES TAKEN DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE

Abstract:

A method for automatically generating and applying annotations to one or more images captured during a surgical procedure using an imaging tool are provided. In one or more examples, the annotations can be generated by applying one or more machine learning classifiers to the images to determine the presence of various features contained within the images. Optionally, the machine learning classifiers can be configured to determine the anatomy displayed in a particular image as well as the procedure step shown in a given image. Using these two determinations, the systems and methods described herein can generate one or more annotations that are then overlaid on or laid next to an image so as to provide the patient or other person viewing the image with context as to what the image is showing.