AI-Based Markerless Computer Vision Framework for Open Surgery Skill Assessment: A Prototype Assessment Framework

Alejandro Zulbaran-Rojas, Mohammad Dehghan Rouzi, Natasha Hansraj, Derek Erstad, Miguel Bargas-Ochoa, Ethan D, Randall Parker Kirby, Nilson Salas, Yesenia Rojas, Bijan Najafi, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology , Department of Surgery, David Geffen College of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Surgical Simulation Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Surgical Innovation

Published online on May 14, 2026

Abstract

Surgical Innovation, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundArtificial intelligence (AI) enables hand motion tracking from standard surgical video recordings; however, translating these data into meaningful performance metrics remains challenging. We evaluated the preliminary validity of a markerless, AI-...