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Nawrat. Mini-invasive Surg 2020;4:28 Mini-invasive Surgery
DOI: 10.20517/2574-1225.2020.08

Review Open Access

MIS AI - artificial intelligence application in
minimally invasive surgery

Zbigniew Nawrat 1-3
1 Chair and Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze 41-808,
Poland.
2 Professor Zbigniew Religa Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development, Heart Prostheses Institute, Zabrze 41-800, Poland.
3 International Society for Medical Robotics, Zabrze 41-800, Poland.

Correspondence to: Prof. Zbigniew Nawrat, Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in
Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 19 H. Jordan Str., Zabrze 41-808, Poland. E-mail: znawrat@sum.edu.pl nawrat@frk.pl
How to cite this article: Nawrat Z. MIS AI - artificial intelligence application in minimally invasive surgery. Mini-invasive Surg
2020;4:28. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2020.08
Received: 10 Jan 2020 First Decision: 19 Mar 2020 Revised: 30 Mar 2020 Accepted: 23 Apr 2020 Published: 16 May 2020

Science Editor: Noriyoshi Sawabata Copy Editor: Jing-Wen Zhang Production Editor: Tian Zhang

Abstract
This chapter is devoted towards analyzing the progress and barriers to the development of artificial intelligence
(AI) and medical robotics in minimally-invasive surgery. The less invasive the surgical intervention and the further
the surgeon is from the operating table, the greater the roles of decision support systems (AI) and performance of
specific tasks (by medical robots).

Keywords: Artificial intelligence, medical robots, mini-invasive surgery

INTRODUCTION
The robot is not a machine but an IT device that creates a great opportunity for the integration of the entire
[1]
diagnostic system with the operator . “The future of technology and medicine is not in the blood and
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bowels at all, but in bits and bytes” . This is how Prof. Richard Satava, a surgeon from the University of
Washington who led the first surgical robot project funded by the DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency), summarizes his many years of experience and visions for the future of surgery.

Surgery is a specific type of medical activity that uses direct physical methods of intervention in a body
area damaged by illness or injury. Precise movements by the surgeon requires proper planning and control.
Correct positioning and functioning of the tools requires good image quality and all current information
from the operating field.

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