Analysis of the Structure of Surgical Activity for a Suturing and Knot-Tying Task

S. Swaroop Vedula; Anand O. Malpani; Lingling Tao; George Chen; Yixin Gao; Piyush Poddar; Narges Ahmidi; Christopher Paxton; Rene Vidal; Sanjeev Khudanpur; Gregory D. Hager; Chi Chiung Grace Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149174

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Analysis of the Structure of Surgical Activity for a Suturing and Knot-Tying Task

S. Swaroop Vedula ,

* E-mail: vedula@jhu.edu

¶‡ SSV and AOM made equal contributions to research described in this manuscript.

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Anand O. Malpani ,

¶‡ SSV and AOM made equal contributions to research described in this manuscript.

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Lingling Tao,

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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George Chen,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Yixin Gao,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Piyush Poddar,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Narges Ahmidi,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Christopher Paxton,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Rene Vidal,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Sanjeev Khudanpur,

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Gregory D. Hager,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Chi Chiung Grace Chen

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Analysis of the Structure of Surgical Activity for a Suturing and Knot-Tying Task

S. Swaroop Vedula,
Anand O. Malpani,
Lingling Tao,
George Chen,
Yixin Gao,
Piyush Poddar,
Narges Ahmidi,
Christopher Paxton,
Rene Vidal,
Sanjeev Khudanpur

Published: March 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149174

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