Post-surgical Endometriosis Segmentation in Laparoscopic Videos

Abstract--Endometriosis is a common women's condition exhibiting a manifold visual appearance in various body-internal locations. Having such properties makes its identification very difficult and error-prone, at least for laymen and non-specialized medical practitioners. In an attempt to provide assistance to gynecologic physicians treating endometriosis, this demo paper describes a system that is trained to segment one frequently occurring visual appearance of endometriosis, namely dark endometrial implants. The system is capable of analyzing la-paroscopic surgery videos, annotating identified implant regions with multi-colored overlays and displaying a detection summary for improved video browsing. Endoscopic surgical procedures are well established particularly in gynecology.