Surgical Navigation Identifier Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Surgical navigation systems face challenges with misjudgments due to blood contamination and false triggering from gestures and voice interactions during surgical procedures, which can lead to inaccuracies and complications.
Innovation Solution
A surgical navigation system that uses an image obtaining module, image recognition module, and instruction execution module to automatically recognize identifiers in a surgical scene image, allowing for control of surgical navigation steps without relying on voice or gesture inputs, thereby reducing misjudgments and improving operational convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If gestures are used to realize human-machine interaction with the surgical navigation system, then the system can be controlled without voice or physical contact, but misjudgments may occur due to blood contamination of surgeons' gloves or the appearance of more than one hand within the camera's field of view
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an identifier (such as a barcode or QR code) as an intermediary object that the surgeon interacts with physically rather than through gestures. The camera captures this identifier, and the system processes it to execute commands. This mediator eliminates the need for direct gesture recognition, avoiding the reliability issues of glove contamination and multiple hand detection while maintaining hands-free operation benefits.
2Ease of operation
If voices are used to realize human-machine interaction with the surgical navigation system, then the system can be controlled without gestures or physical contact, but false triggering may be caused due to necessary intra-operative communications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a visual identifier (barcode, QR code, or other machine-readable symbol) as a mediator between the surgeon and the system. Instead of voice commands that can be misinterpreted during communication, the surgeon looks at or points to the identifier, the camera captures it, and the system executes the corresponding command. This visual intermediary eliminates false triggering from intra-operative communications while maintaining contactless operation.
3Extent of automation
If traditional voice or gesture commands are used for controlling surgical navigation steps, then the system can be operated without direct manual input, but the complexity of the control mechanism increases and misjudgments occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a visual copy (identifier) of the surgical device or anatomical landmark that can be captured by the camera. Instead of complex voice or gesture recognition systems, the system captures an image of the identifier, extracts its features, and matches it against a database to determine the current surgical step and execute appropriate commands. This copying approach simplifies the control mechanism while maintaining high automation.
Data Source
AI summary
The present solution provides a surgical navigation system and method, and an electronic device and a readable storage medium. The surgical navigation system comprises: an image obtaining module, for obtaining a surgical scene image; an image recognition module, for executing image recognition on the surgical scene image to obtain a first recognition result, wherein the first recognition result is used to represent an identifier contained in the surgical scene image; an instruction obtaining module, for, based on the first identification result, obtaining a corresponding interaction instruction; an instruction execution module, for, based on the interaction instruction, controlling the surgical navigation system to execute a corresponding surgical navigation step. The implementation of the technical solutions of the present application can reduce the chance of misjudgment when the surgical navigation system is controlled.