“Computer Vision in Surgery” Summer School is a short intensive program designed for students and professionals with a background in medicine, computer science, biomedical engineering, or related fields, who are interested to explore the exciting intersection of computer vision and surgery! It provides participants with an overview of the fundamental concepts and techniques used in the field. The program aims to introduce participants to the potential applications of computer vision in surgical settings, and how it can be used to improve surgical performance and patient outcomes.
The course will cover key topics in computer vision, such as image processing, feature extraction, and object recognition, with an emphasis on their application in surgery. Participants will learn about abdominal surgical anatomy, common imaging modalities used in surgery, such as endoscopy, laparoscopy, and robotics, dataset preparation, basic Python programming, and model construction and evaluation for object detection and segmentation. Throughout the course, participants will have the opportunity to work on hands-on exercises and projects that will help them develop practical skills in computer vision. The program will also feature case studies’ applications of computer vision in surgery, discussions of current challenges, and future directions in the field.
Target audience
Medical professionals: medical students, PhD students in healthcare sciences, surgical residents
Biomedical engineers: master students, PhD or postdoctoral level
Requirements
Knowledge of abdominal surgical anatomy
No prior experience in computer vision is required, but participants should have a basic understanding of Python programming
Bring your own laptop
Application process
Applicants need to do send an email containing a motivation letter and their CV to the following address: Info.trisai@ugent.be
Prospective students will be notified via email to confirm registration. Upon confirmation of registration, we will ask you to complete the payment of the registration fee.
Registration fee
The registration fee for the summer school is 80 euro
Deadlines
Opening of applications: 15th May 2023
Registration deadline: 31st May 2023
Notification of decision: 7th June 2023
Schedule
Three half-days July 2023: 5th to 7th, from 16:00 to 20:30
Venue
Ghent University Hospital Campus, C. Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, Belgium
Certificate
There is no exam connected to this summer school. If you attend all three days, you will receive a certificate of attendance via e-mail at the end of the course