Arnulf Stenzl, MD, presented “Future Prospects of AI Technology in the Lower Urinary Tract” during the 42nd Annual Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar on February 1, 2023, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
How to cite: Stenzl, Arnulf. “Future Prospects of AI Technology in the Lower Urinary Tract.” February 1, 2023. Accessed Nov 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/future-prospects-of-ai-technology-in-the-lower-urinary-tract/
Future Prospects of AI Technology in the Lower Urinary Tract – Summary
Arnulf Stenzl, MD, discusses the future prospects of artificial intelligence (AI) combined with precision surgery and robotics in the diagnosis and treatment of the lower urinary tract. He outlines an intraoperative multisensory approach for tissue differentiation involving sensor development with mechanical, optical, and electric properties. Combined with AI modeling, the result is a scoring system for intraoperative identification of tissue characteristics based on multimodal/multiscale data with tissue differentiation by optical emission spectroscopy.
Dr. Stenzl displays data on the discrimination of tissue based on electrical impedance. He points out the value of discrimination of deeper tissue layers using model-based optical sensors to see and avoid, for example, vessels and nerves. Dr. Stenzl then describes a device for intraoperative real-time elastography, even at the cellular level.
He emphasizes the importance of consistent AI tissue modeling, covering multiple physical domains to combine different sensors and inform the best actions. Dr. Stenzl explains that AI can extract and reproduce features for navigation during surgery. Dr. Stenzl re-emphasizes the importance of precision surgery moving toward intraoperative diagnostics that builds on the traditional standard of frozen section and predicts the further development of precision surgery and AI technologies in the coming years.
About The 42nd Annual Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar:
The Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar is a multi-day meeting focused on training urologists in the latest in assessing, diagnosing, and treating urologic conditions in the clinical setting. Updates are provided on urologic cancers, stone disease, urologic reconstruction, female urology, infertility, sexual function, emerging surgical techniques, and general urology. The 42nd iteration of the meeting took place from February 1st to 4th, 2023, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Arnulf Stenzl, MD is Chairman and Professor in the Department of Urology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen Medical School. Dr. Stenzl earned his MD from the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria.
Dr. Stenzl is author or co-author on more than 800 publications and scientific papers in peer reviewed journals, and he is a member of numerous public and privately initiated steering committees and advisory boards focusing on urologic topics. Dr. Stenzl holds two international patents. Dr. Stenzl has been the Chairman of the Scientific Congress Office of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Adjunct Secretary Science of the EAU and Secretary-elect since 2022. Dr. Stenzl is a Board member of the European Cancer Organization and was president of the German Association of Urology in 2020/2021. He is also on the editorial boards of several journals.
Dr. Stenzl’s major research interests are bladder and prostate cancer and reconstructive urology. He has been awarded the Jackson Hole Award of Excellence in the United States. Additionally Dr. Stenzl is an investigator in numerous clinical trials and has organized numerous national and international symposiums on uro-oncology, particularly prostate and bladder cancer, as well other urologic subjects.
In May 2017 he was granted an honorary degree because of his worldwide recognition and contribution to the development in the field of urology.
