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Modular, Label-Efficient Dataset Generation for Instrument Detection for Robotic Scrub Nurses

Jorge Adrián Badilla Solórzano*, Nils Claudius Gellrich, Thomas Seel, Sontje Ihler

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Surgical instrument detection is a fundamental task of a
robotic scrub nurse. For this, image-based deep learning techniques are
effective but usually demand large amounts of annotated data, whose creation
is expensive and time-consuming. In this work, we propose a strategy
based on the copy-paste technique for the generation of reliable synthetic
image training data with a minimal amount of annotation effort.
Our approach enables the efficient in situ creation of datasets for specific
surgeries and contexts. We study the amount of employed manually annotated
data and training set sizes on our model’s performance, as well
as different blending techniques for improved training data. We achieve
91.9 box mAP and 91.6 mask mAP, training solely on synthetic data, in a
real-world scenario. Our evaluation relies on an annotated image dataset
of the wisdom teeth extraction surgery set, created in an actual operating
room. This dataset, the corresponding code, and further data are made
publicly available (https://github.com/Jorebs/Modular-Label-Efficient-
Dataset-Generation-for-Instrument-Detection-for-Robotic-Scrub-Nurses).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationData Augmentation, Labelling, and Imperfections
Subtitle of host publicationThird MICCAI Workshop, DALI 2023, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 12, 2023, Proceedings
EditorsYuan Xue, Chen Chen, Chao Chen, Lianrui Zuo, Yihao Liu
PublisherSpringer
Pages95-105
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-58171-7
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-58170-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Apr 2024

Publication series

Name Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume14379
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Keywords

  • Synthetic data
  • Efficient annotation
  • Robotic scrub nurse
  • MBOI
  • Copy-paste
  • Deep learning
  • Robotic Scrub Nurse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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