Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (e.g., systems, including in particular software) for assisting a technician (e.g., surgeon, surgical technician, nurse, assistant, etc.) in preparing one or more tools for use during one or more surgical procedures to efficiently assist in a medical (e.g., surgical) procedure.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices and systems, including software) for automatically detecting a one or more features from a video (video file, video stream, etc.) of a surgical procedure. In some examples these methods and apparatuses may include identifying a stage of a surgical procedure (e.g., a surgical stage) of a video or portion of a video of a surgical procedure.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for modifying a video image (and/or a video stream) to include one or more virtual trajectory guides to assist a medical professional in performing a surgical procedure. These methods and apparatuses may include allowing the user to easily and quickly identify and/or select one or more regions (landmark regions), determine a surface contour of the identified landmark region, and generate a persistent virtual trajectory guide. Any of these methods may also include identifying (e.g., automatically identifying) one or more tools that may and guiding or assisting the user in manipulating the tools using the one or more virtual trajectory guide.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods to guide arthroscopic SCR surgery by providing dimensional/shape information on an implanted graft. One example comprises receiving imaging data (ID) contained in a video stream captured by an imaging device at a treatment site (TS) and processing the ID. The ID is analyzed to determine ID that depicts a set of anchor structures (AS) in the TS, determine an orientation attribute of each AS of the set with respect to a reference; and determine a respective scale factor (SF) for portions of ID that depict each AS of the set, the respective SF of each portion of the ID reflecting a size distortion of that portion of the ID with respect to a reference scale. Geometric information is determined for at least a portion of the TS where the set of ASs are located and is used to determine shape and dimensions of the graft.

Abstract: Al-based systems and methods to annotate images and video from a surgical procedure may include extracting feature points (FP) from a still image (SI) of the procedure and each frame of a group of frames (GOF) from a procedure video and comparing FPs of the SI to FPs of each frame of the GOF to determine a match between the SI and a given frame from the video and a location in the video where the match occurred. Then the portion of the video containing the matched image is copied to create a video clip (VC) having a selected duration. Frames in the VC are analyzed to identify image features (IF), where a fidelity of IF identification is substantially unaffected when the IF is non-localizable or obscured. Then the SI and/or VC is annotated with information from the procedure, the information including or derived from the IFs.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods to guide arthroscopic SCR surgery by providing dimensional/shape information on an implanted graft. One example comprises receiving imaging data (ID) contained in a video stream captured by an imaging device at a treatment site (TS) and processing the ID. The ID is analyzed to determine ID that depicts a set of anchor structures (AS) in the TS, determine an orientation attribute of each AS of the set with respect to a reference; and determine a respective scale factor (SF) for portions of ID that depict each AS of the set, the respective SF of each portion of the ID reflecting a size distortion of that portion of the ID with respect to a reference scale. Geometric information is determined for at least a portion of the TS where the set of ASs are located and is used to determine shape and dimensions of the graft.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods to guide arthroscopic SCR surgery by providing dimensional/shape information on an implanted graft. One example comprises receiving imaging data (ID) contained in a video stream captured by an imaging device at a treatment site (TS) and processing the ID. The ID is analyzed to determine ID that depicts a set of anchor structures (AS) in the TS, determine an orientation attribute of each AS of the set with respect to a reference; and determine a respective scale factor (SF) for portions of ID that depict each AS of the set, the respective SF of each portion of the ID reflecting a size distortion of that portion of the ID with respect to a reference scale. Geometric information is determined for at least a portion of the TS where the set of ASs are located and is used to determine shape and dimensions of the graft.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide probes, systems and methods to assist an arthroscopic, endoscopic or other surgical procedure by the placement of digital landmarks in selected locations in a surgical field of view. Many embodiments utilize a specialized probe having a tip with a spherical or other selected geometry of known dimensions to assist with placement of the landmark. The probe is placed at a desired anatomical location and imaged by an arthroscopic/endoscopic video camera. Embodiments may use a deep learning network to analyze the image data encoded by the camera, identify the probe and generate a segmented outline. Then, computer vision/shape fitting algorithms are used to generate a refined outline of the probe wherein the dimensions of the probe tip are used to improve the accuracy of the image including the tip. The improved tip image accuracy in turn improves the accuracy of the placement of a landmark using the tip.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to assist or guide an arthroscopic surgery or other surgical procedure e.g., surgery of the shoulder, knee or hip. The method comprises steps of receiving an image from an interventional imaging device, identifying a feature in the image using an image recognition algorithm, overlaying the features on a video feed on a display device and making recommendations or suggestions to an operator based on the identified feature in the image.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to assist or guide an arthroscopic surgery (e.g., surgery of the shoulder, knee or hip) or other surgical procedure by the placement of arbitrary landmarks in one or more locations in surgical field of view. The systems and methods comprise steps of receiving a video stream from an arthroscopic or other imaging device; receiving one or more sets of coordinates of one or more landmarks; overlaying the one or more landmarks on the video stream; and displaying the overlay on one or more display devices intraoperatively so as to be used by an operator during the arthroscopic or other medical procedure.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to assist or guide an arthroscopic surgery (e.g., surgery of the shoulder, knee, hip or spine) or other surgical procedure by providing measurements intraoperatively. The systems and methods comprise steps of receiving a video stream from an arthroscopic imaging device; receiving one or more sets of coordinates of one or more points, paths, or area; calculating a length, a surface area, or a volume measurement based at least in part on the one or more sets of coordinates; overlaying the selected one or more sets of coordinates and the measurement on the video stream or on an expanded view of a region of surgery; and displaying the overlay on one or more display devices intraoperatively so as to be used by an operator during the arthroscopic procedure.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for triggering of incident report record generating in a controlled facility are described. The incidents may involve acts of sexual misconduct. An embodiment of a system includes one or more communication devices in electronic communication with a crime reporting server. The system may also include a crime reporting server coupled to the one or more communication devices. The crime reporting server may be configured to receive information concerning an inmate in a controlled facility over a facility communications system that is related to an act of sexual misconduct, automatically trigger an event in response to receiving the information, and generate a record comprising at least a portion of the information related to the act of sexual misconduct in a data storage device.

Abstract: A system and method for comprehensive automated call center customer/agent interaction monitoring and service level agreement (SLA) compliance. The system reduces a massive volume of call center activity into readable data points and SLA metrics for measuring agent and overall call center performance levels. The system allows for the scaling up of the SLA compliance process, which is currently done manually by quality assurance personnel for a limited sample set. With the system, customer calls are computationally sampled for speaker diarization and voice isolation, speech emotion recognition, unique salient feature extraction, reference pattern template matching, and automatic speech recognition. The system is adaptively programmable for recognizing and predicting SLA metrics such as: customer satisfaction, issue resolution, appropriate agent greeting and identification, customer understanding, acknowledgment, abandonment, sales attempts, and customer retention, etc.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system that facilitates analyzing a broad and continuously updated sample of recent written communications for the purpose of identifying emerging and important news and topic developments before they attract broad attention. The system continuously discovers topics and relationships between topics in the written communications as the communications are received. Individual topics and topic relationships are continuously analyzed for the purpose of detecting changes in the frequency and manner in which the topics are addressed and changes in the content that accompanies the topics. The system uses this analysis as the basis for identifying certain topics and the communications that address them as emerging, and therefore, important. The system uses a display feature to highlight these topics and communications for a user to review or investigate further.