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+project_title: 'Project: Nephrostomy tutor low cost training system for percutaneous nephrostomy'
+category: IGT and Training
+
+key_investigators:
+
+- name: Rebecca Hisey
+  affiliation: Queen's University
+  country: Canada
+
+- name: Gabriella d'Albenzio
+  affiliation: Queen's University
+  country: Canada
+
+- name: Mamadou Camara
+  affiliation: ESP
+  country: Senegal
+
+- name: Gabor Fichtinger
+  affiliation: Queen's University
+  country: Canada
+
+---
+
+# Project Description
+
+<!-- Add a short paragraph describing the project. -->
+
+
+Working to integrate recent developments on AI-based volume reconstruction from US into the existing Nephrostomy tutor system to improve guidance for trainees.
+
+
+
+## Objective
+
+<!-- Describe here WHAT you would like to achieve (what you will have as end result). -->
+
+
+1. Integrate AI-based volume reconstruction from US segmentations
+2. Test updated system on a low-cost phantom
+
+
+
+
+
+## Approach and Plan
+
+<!-- Describe here HOW you would like to achieve the objectives stated above. -->
+
+
+1. AI Model Integration
+
+- Review & Select AI Model: Identify and evaluate recent AI-based models for US segmentation that meet the needs of the Nephrostomy tutor system.
+- Model Integration: Develop an interface to integrate the selected AI model with the existing tutor system, ensuring seamless data flow from ultrasound segmentations to the volume reconstruction process.
+
+2. System Update and Refinement
+
+- System Architecture Modification: Modify the Nephrostomy tutor system architecture to incorporate real-time volume reconstruction from the AI model.
+- User Interface Adjustments: Update the user interface to display reconstructed volumes alongside the current guidance information for trainees.
+
+
+
+
+## Progress and Next Steps
+
+<!-- Update this section as you make progress, describing of what you have ACTUALLY DONE.
+     If there are specific steps that you could not complete then you can describe them here, too. -->
+
+
+1. Low-cost phantom created.
+2. Initial ultrasound segmentations in progress.
+
+
+
+
+# Illustrations
+
+<!-- Add pictures and links to videos that demonstrate what has been accomplished. -->
+
+
+_No response_
+
+
+
+# Background and References
+
+<!-- If you developed any software, include link to the source code repository.
+     If possible, also add links to sample data, and to any relevant publications. -->
+
+
+[Feasibility of video‐based skill assessment for percutaneous nephrostomy training in Senegal](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11665799/)
+