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Episode Thirty-Three: Dan Stoyanov

Robot Talk · 20 Jan 2023 · 25m · Episode 33

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Professor Dan Stoyanov of University College London and co-founder of Odin Vision discusses the convergence of surgical robotics, computer vision, and AI. He explains how AI assists in pre-operative planning, real-time surgical guidance (such as polyp detection in gastroenterology), and post-operative patient monitoring. Stoyanov details the founding of Odin Vision as a UCL spin-out to deploy these AI systems clinically and reflects on the challenges of transitioning from academic research to industrial application.

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