Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA pioneering AI tool named Eureka, which colour-codes body parts during live operations, has been deployed by surgeons for the first time in the UK. Medics at St Mark’s, the National Bowel Hospital, utilised the system during a bowel resection on a patient in her 60s, marking its first use outside Japan. Eureka works alongside robotic or laparoscopic procedures, projecting real-time, colour-coded highlights onto a screen to help identify and protect or dissect specific tissues. Consultant surgeon Mr Kapil Sahnan described the tool as an “extra helping arm, enhancing precision and safety by identifying hidden structures and preventing errors. Developed by Japanese surgeons who trained the AI using thousands of surgical video recordings, there is hope for its wider rollout to make surgery safer for more patients. In fullBreakthrough AI tech which colour-codes body parts during operations used for first time in UKThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
UK-first operation uses AI tool dubbed an ‘extra helping arm’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA pioneering AI tool named Eureka, which colour-codes body parts during live operations, has been deployed by surgeons for the first time in the UK. Medics at St Mark’s, the National Bowel Hospital, utilised the system during a bowel resection on a patient in her 60s, marking its first use outside Japan. Eureka works alongside robotic or laparoscopic procedures, projecting real-time, colour-coded highlights onto a screen to help identify and protect or dissect specific tissues. Consultant surgeon Mr Kapil Sahnan described the tool as an “extra helping arm, enhancing precision and safety by identifying hidden structures and preventing errors. Developed by Japanese surgeons who trained the AI using thousands of surgical video recordings, there is hope for its wider rollout to make surgery safer for more patients. In fullBreakthrough AI tech which colour-codes body parts during operations used for first time in UKThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
