A Study to Assess the Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence for Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia
Sponsored by Smart Alfa Teknoloji San. ve Tic. A.S.
About this trial
Last updated 2 years ago
Study ID
SMARTALPHA-NERVEBLOX-1021
Status
Completed
Type
Observational
Placebo
No
Accepting
18+ Years
All
Trial Timing
Ended 5 years ago
What is this trial about?
The goal of this observational study is to assess the accuracy of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) software to assist ultrasound scanning prior to peripheral nerve blocks. 40 healthy
volunteers are going to be accepted to this study in which ultrasound scanning will be
performed for four different block types.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Can Nerveblox, the artificial intelligence software highlight and find the key
anatomical landmarks on the provided nerve or plane block correctly?
- Can the user obtain a correct view of provided nerve or plane block, when the AI
software scan success reaches 100%?
Participants will be evaluated under four nerve block regions to identify their key
anatomical landmarks using ultrasound-guided artificial intelligence software.
Three residents with different levels of Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia(UGRA)
experience but eligible to perform UGRA techniques will collect the ultrasound images when
the artificial intelligence software scan success fed by ultrasound reached 100%. After
collecting US images, each pair of US images(highlighted and raw ) will be evaluated by 2
experts for the accuracy of AI assistance, independently and blindly.
What are the participation requirements?
Inclusion Criteria
- Volunteers over the age of 18
- Able to accept and sign the Informed Consent Form before participating in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- Volunteers below the age of 18
- Unwilling to accept or having psychiatric/neurological diseases to sign an Informed Consent Form before participating in the study
- Inability to lie flat
- Anatomical deformity in the selected regions