Brief Review of Machine Learning in Neurosurgery

Authors

  • Yam Bahadur Roka Neuro Cardio and Multispeciality Hospital Biratnagar, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njn.v15i3.23268

Keywords:

Artificial intelligence, Clustering, Data Mining, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Machine Learning in Neurosurgery

Abstract

Learning from experience is inherent to animals and humans and when used in computer models it is termed as Machine learning (ML) which was coined by Arthur Samuel the pioneer of computer gaming and artificial intelligence in 1959. This field grew out during the search for artificial intelligence and initially was developed using neural networks, perceptrons, probabilistic reasoning and generalized linear models of statistics. ML works by either of the two methods, supervised learning or unsupervised learning. Search for “ML in neurosurgery” in Pubmed showed 308 results. There were 298 studies with abstracts, 5 clinical trials, 20 review articles and 168 articles in human studies. Of these around 113 articles were either studies of ML in other parts of the body like liver, stroke, EEG, pathology and Parkinsons disease or not involving ML and hence were excluded. Of the 55 remaining cases the majority were studies done in glioma followed by medical imaging in neurosurgery, radiotherapy, language and learning studies. ML will definitely replace many of the cumbersome physical data collection to infer and formulate ways to treat patients in the future. It can make the process of research accumulation, filter, find correlations between variables and help to make algorithms to manage and predict, that can save, time, money and speedup the recovery of the patient

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Author Biography

Yam Bahadur Roka, Neuro Cardio and Multispeciality Hospital Biratnagar, Nepal

Chief of Neurosurgery

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Published

2018-12-31

How to Cite

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Roka YB. Brief Review of Machine Learning in Neurosurgery. Nep J Neurosci [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 14];15(3):3-7. Available from: https://nepjol.info/index.php/NJN/article/view/23268

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Review Article