Toward automated interpretation of electromyography for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring using machine learning - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Toward automated interpretation of electromyography for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring using machine learning

Xuefan Zha, Leila Wehbe, Robert J. Sclabassi, Zachary Mace, Ye V. Liang, Todd A. Hillman, Douglas A. Chen, Alexander Yu, Jody Leonardo, Boyle C. Cheng, and Cameron N. Riviere
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-20-07, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2020

Abstract

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is used during neurosurgery to assess the functional integrity of nerves and alert the surgeon to prevent damage. In current clinical IONM, the neurophysiological data are interpreted in real time by a specialist. This processing by humans is subjective and introduces inter-subject variability into the process. In order to standardize this process and reduce cognitive load on human users, this paper presents a preliminary investigation of the use of machine learning techniques for automated detection of nerve irritation during neurosurgery.

BibTeX

@techreport{Zha-2020-119677,
author = {Xuefan Zha and Leila Wehbe and Robert J. Sclabassi and Zachary Mace and Ye V. Liang and Todd A. Hillman and Douglas A. Chen and Alexander Yu and Jody Leonardo and Boyle C. Cheng and Cameron N. Riviere},
title = {Toward automated interpretation of electromyography for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring using machine learning},
year = {2020},
month = {March},
institute = {Carnegie Mellon University},
address = {Pittsburgh, PA},
number = {CMU-RI-TR-20-07},
keywords = {surgical robotics; intraoperative neuromonitoring; machine learning},
}