A Tool for Endometriosis Annotation in ...

When regarding physicians’ tremendously packed timetables, it comes as no surprise that they start managing even critical situations hastily in order to cope with the high demands laid out for them. Apart from treating patients’ conditions they as well are required to perform time-consuming administrative tasks, including post-surgery video analyses. Concerning documentation of minimally invasive surgeries (MIS), specifically endoscopy, such processes usually involve repeatedly perusing through lengthy, in the worst case uncut recordings – a redundant task that nowadays can be optimized by using readily available technology: we present a tool for annotating endoscopic video frames targeting a specific use case – endometriosis, i.e. the dislocation of uterine-like tissue.