Current applications of artificial intelligence in vascular surgery. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Basic foundations of artificial intelligence (AI) include analyzing large amounts of data, recognizing patterns, and predicting outcomes. At the core of AI are well-defined areas, such as machine learning, natural language processing, artificial neural networks, and computer vision. Although research and development of AI in health care is being conducted in many medical subspecialties, only a few applications have been implemented in clinical practice. This is true in vascular surgery, where applications are mostly in the translational research stage. These AI applications are being evaluated in the realms of vascular diagnostics, perioperative medicine, risk stratification, and outcome prediction, among others. Apart from the technical challenges of AI and research outcomes on safe and beneficial use in patient care, ethical issues and policy surrounding AI will present future challenges for its successful implementation. This review will give a brief overview and a basic understanding of AI and summarize the currently available and used clinical AI applications in vascular surgery.

published proceedings

  • Semin Vasc Surg

altmetric score

  • 6.1

author list (cited authors)

  • Fischer, U. M., Shireman, P. K., & Lin, J. C.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Fischer, Uwe M||Shireman, Paula K||Lin, Judith C

publication date

  • December 2021