Melaku Wale, Solomon Gedefaw
Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa and Soil Transmitted Helminths Infections among School Children in Jaragedo Town, South Gondar Zone of Ethiopia
Journal of tropical medicine
ultrasoundguided regional anaesthesia ugra involves targeted deposition local anaesthesia inhibit function peripheral nerves ultrasound allows visualisation nerves surrounding structures guide needle insertion perineural fascial plane end point injection however challenging develop necessary skills acquire interpret optimal ultrasound images sound anatomical knowledge required human image analysis fallible limited heuristic behaviours fatigue subjectivity leads varied interpretation even amongst experts therefore maximise potential benefit ultrasound guidance innovation sonoanatomical identification requiredartificial intelligence ai rapidly infiltrating many aspects everyday life advances related medicine slower part regulatory approval process needing thoroughly evaluate riskbenefit ratio new devices one area ai show significant promise computer vision branch ai dealing computers interpret visual world particularly relevant medical image interpretation ai includes subfields machine learning deep learning techniques used interpret label images deep learning systems may hold potential support ultrasound image interpretation ugra must trained validated data prior clinical usereview current ugra literature compares success generalisability deep learning nondeep learning approaches image segmentation explains computers able track structures nerves image frames conclude review case study industry scannav anatomy peripheral nerve block intelligent ultrasound limited includes detailed discussion ai approach involved system reviews current evidence system performancethe authors discuss technology may best used assist anaesthetists effects may future learning practice ugra finally discuss possible avenues ai within ugra associated implications