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Samsung Medison and Intel’s NerveTrack Eases Up Anesthesia Delivery

Samsung Medison and Intel have joined hands and are working together on NerveTrackTM, a real-time ultrasound tracking function that helps anesthesiologists locate nerves inside a patient’s arm and assist in the fast and accurate administration of anesthesia. The feature utilizes the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit for computer vision and annotation and can bring down the scanning time by 30%.

Professor Jee Youn Moon, MD, PhD, Seoul National University Hospital says in the blog post, “NerveTrack can detect the median and ulnar nerve with reasonable accuracy over almost the entire range of the forearm. It can shorten inspection time, finding the nerves in real-time — even if the doctor does not trace from the wrist to the proximal direction. In particular, it can detect the ulnar nerve even at a level where landmarks such as the ulnar artery are not adjacent. This kind of features could help safe needle procedure by allowing the nerves to be separated from the surrounding tissues and vessels.”

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Overcoming the Precision Challenge

The blog also explains the need for such a feature to reduce the possibility of complications while improving workflows. It explains that ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) has become the standard practice for needle-based interventions, including vascular access and peripheral nerve block. In addition, even with UGRA, anesthesiologists may find nerves of as little as 2 millimeters in diameter difficult to correctly locate or correctly see the tip of the needle. NerveTrack can automatically identify nerves in real-time for anesthesiologists.

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“To keep up with the changing world of healthcare, you need trusted partners and flexible technologies. That’s why we teamed up with Intel to create our NerveTrack solution. With our combined industry expertise and cutting-edge solutions, we’re using innovative technologies to help practitioners identify nerves faster and more accurately. The result is potentially less risk, better patient outcomes, and more efficient workflows,” said Dr. Won-Chul Bang, vice president responsible for product strategy at Samsung Medison.

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The Working Methodology

Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit was the reason behind the creation of NerveTrack. It uses inference to detect and identify the location of a nerve area in real-time during an ultrasound scan, improving the treatment workflow for anesthesiologists.  A large amount of clinical ultrasound data was required to train Samsung’s own real-time algorithm that automatically detects the nerves in ultrasound images. And the total amount of training data increased by up to 7 times, bringing more than 20 percent to greater accuracy with Intel’s OpenVINO CVAT (Computer Vision Annotation Tool).

“NerveTrack can help physicians automate mundane and time-consuming tasks and free them to spend more time with their patients,” said Alex Flores, medical imaging director, Health and Life Sciences at Intel. “We are working closely with Samsung Medison to help improve patient experiences and reduce physician workloads.”

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