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Artificial Intelligence Application for Thoracic Surgeon: “Phe-Nomenal Cosmic Powers into the Magic Lamp”

Cusumano, Giacomo, D'arrigo, Stefano, Terminella, Alberto, Lococo, Filippo·2024
DOI 10.20944/preprints202405.0759.v1

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In the digital age, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a transformative force in various sectors, in-cluding medicine. This article explores the potential of AI, akin to the magical genie of Aladdin's lamp, particularly within thoracic surgery and lung cancer management. It examines AI applications like ma-chine learning and deep learning in achieving more precise diagnoses, preoperative risk assessment, and improved surgical outcomes. The challenges and advancements in AI integration, especially in computer vision and multi-modal models, are discussed alongside their impact on robotic surgery and operating room management. Despite its transformative potential, implementing AI in medicine faces challenges regarding data scarcity, interpretability issues, and ethical concerns. Collaboration between AI and medi-cal communities is essential to address these challenges and unlock the full potential of AI in revolution-izing clinical practice. This article underscores the importance of further research and interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure the safe and effective deployment of AI in real-world clinical settings.

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  • Intraoperative AI applications such as augmented reality, real-time image-guided navigation, and robotic-assisted thoracic surgery have demonstrated increased surgical precision, reduced operative times, and enhanced safety.

    “Intraoperatively, AI applications such as augmented reality (AR), real-time image-guided navigation, and robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) have demonstrated increased surgical precision, reduced operative times, and enhanced safety [7,8,9].”

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    The Operating Room section says AI can enhance precision and safety in robotic-assisted surgery, but §6, “The Third Wish” describes these benefits as largely prospective. That section also says robotic-assisted surgery does not yet incorporate AI-based technology and is associated with prolonged—not reduced—procedural times. The cited passages do not establish the claimed benefits for augmented reality or real-time image-guided navigation. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Cusumano, G., D'arrigo, S., Terminella, A., & Lococo, F.
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