Classification in Virtual Temporal Bone Surgical Education: A First Step Towards Automated Virtual Education With Use of Machine Learning
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Abstract
Objective: Simulation-based surgical training is now standard in residency education - aided by tools such as printed, virtual, and augmented reality environments. Autonomous education with use of machine learning is an emerging necessity owing to resident work-hour limitations and staff availability. An essential first step to providing automated feedback during simulated surgery is the development of a tool to classify surgical technique. Distinctive hand motion and drilling patterns can be used in the assessment of trainee proficiency during complex temporal bone surgery (TBS).This article reviews the development of a software classifier model for automated assessment of surgical performance based on recorded drill trajectory and hand motion tracking during 3D-printed TBS. Methods: REB-approved prospective experimental study, in which a classifier was developed to provide automatic assessment of surgical performance based on drill trajectory and hand motion tracking. Four expert (two otologic surgeons and two PGY5 surgery residents) and four novice (PGY1-3 surgery residents) participants dissected 3D-printed temporal bone models. Individual hand and drill motion data were collected and analyzed for similarities and variations between participants to develop a model to predict the level of expertise (expert or novice), using a supervised classification approach. Results: The automated stroke detection algorithm found 80.2%, 82.7%, and 84.8% precision in stroke detection and classification during cortical mastoidectomy (CM), thinning procedures (TP) and facial recess exposure (FRE), respectively. The classifier was able to predict the level of expertise with an accuracy of 92.8% and a sensitivity of 87.5%. Conclusion: A temporal bone classifier can be developed with a high degree of accuracy as an initial stage towards an autonomous training paradigm. Level of Evidence: IV.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.007 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".