Emerging digital technologies in surgery
Rapid advances in digital technology and artificial intelligence in recent years have already begun to transform many industries, and are beginning to make headway into healthcare. There is tremendous potential for new digital technologies to improve the care of surgical patients. In this special collection, we highlight work being done to advance surgical care using machine learning, computer vision, wearable devices, remote patient monitoring, virtual and augmented reality, and more. The pieces included in this collection explore the many ways these technologies can be used to improve the practice of surgery, and discuss opportunities and challenges to their widespread adoption in operating rooms and at the bedside including equity and cybersecurity.
Editors
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Jayson Marwaha
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
