Current Trends in Artificial Intelligence Application for Endourology and Robotic Surgery

Urol Clin North Am. 2021 Feb;48(1):151-160. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2020.09.004. Epub 2020 Nov 5.

Abstract

With the advent of electronic medical records and digitalization of health care over the past 2 decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as an enabling tool to manage complex datasets and deliver streamlined data-driven patient care. AI algorithms have the ability to extract meaningful signal from complex datasets through an iterative process akin to human learning. Through advancements over the past decade in deep learning, AI-driven innovations have accelerated applications in health care. Herein, the authors explore the development of these emerging AI technologies, focusing on the application of AI to endourology and robotic surgery.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Deep learning; Endourology; Urology.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence / history
  • Artificial Intelligence / trends*
  • Endoscopy
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Male
  • Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Optical Imaging
  • Prognosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / trends*
  • Urinary Tract / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Tract / surgery
  • Urologic Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Urologic Diseases* / surgery
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / trends*