Method and system for providing recommendation for optimal execution of surgical procedures

An apparatus for providing information for a medical surgical procedure, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• acquire a plurality of multispectral images representing a portion of an anatomy of the patient;
• perform image processing on each of the plurality of segmented images to form a plurality of value maps, each value map identifying aspects of the portion of the anatomy of the patient by assigned values;
• combine the plurality of value maps into a single recommendation map;
• determine optimal points for performing the medical surgical procedure based on the single recommendation map;
• display the optimal points for the medical surgical procedure by overlaying the optimal points on an original image of the portion of the anatomy of the patient or apply the optimal points to a robotic medical surgical procedure;
• calculate diffuse reflectance values for the plurality of multispectral images;
• select a reference diffuse reflectance value from the diffuse reflectance values and determining corresponding ratios between corresponding diffuse reflectance values and the reference diffuse reflectance value;
• and
• determine a thickness map, as one of the plurality of value maps, corresponding to thickness of different portions of the anatomy of the patient based on the determined corresponding ratios,
• wherein the optimal points for the medical surgical procedure are determined based on calculation of local maxima in the single recommendation map, which includes the thickness map, and
• wherein the medical surgical procedure is at least one of suturing and stapling and the optimal points is at least one of optimal suture and stapling points.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instructions, that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a method for providing information for a medical surgical procedure, the method comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of multispectral images representing a portion of an anatomy of the patient;
• performing image processing on each of the plurality of multispectral images to form a plurality of value maps, each value map identifying aspects of the portion of the anatomy of the patient by assigned values;
• combining the plurality of value maps into a single recommendation map;
• determining optimal points for performing the medical surgical procedure based on the single recommendation map;
• displaying the optimal points for the medical surgical procedure by overlaying the optimal points on an original image of the portion of the anatomy of the patient or applying the optimal points to a robotic medical surgical procedure;
• calculating diffuse reflectance values for the plurality of multispectral images;
• selecting a reference diffuse reflectance value from the diffuse reflectance values and determining corresponding ratios between corresponding diffuse reflectance values and the reference diffuse reflectance value;
• and
• determining a thickness map, as one of the plurality of value maps, corresponding to thickness of different portions of the anatomy of the patient based on the determined corresponding ratios,
• wherein the optimal points for the medical surgical procedure are determined based on calculation of local maxima in the single recommendation map, which includes the thickness map, and
• wherein the medical surgical procedure is at least one of suturing and stapling and the optimal points is at least one of optimal suture and stapling points.