AI eye in the OR: new model spots vital neck structures during thyroid surgery
NCT ID NCT07628543
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a computer vision model called PTAIR that helps surgeons identify parathyroid glands and recurrent laryngeal nerves during endoscopic thyroid surgery. About 100 adults with thyroid disease will take part. The model's ability to spot these structures will be compared to that of junior and senior doctors, but it won't guide surgical decisions yet. The goal is to see how well the model works in real-world settings across different hospitals.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
The study population includes adult patients with benign or malignant thyroid disease who are scheduled to undergo endoscopic thyroid surgery at participating centers. Eligible patients will be prospectively enrolled during the study period if they meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, agree to intraoperative video recording and research use, and have standardized recorder-based endoscopic surgical videos available. The study will evaluate PTAIR recognition performance for parathyroid glands and recurrent laryngeal nerves and compare it with recognition by junior and senior physicians based on the same intraoperative endoscopic visual field and the same video recording timeline.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 18 years or older. 2. Patients with benign or malignant thyroid disease who are scheduled to undergo endoscopic thyroid surgery. 3. Standardized recorder-based intraoperative video collection is planned during surgery. 4. Patients agree to intraoperative video recording, de-identification, and research use. 5. Basic perioperative clinical data are available. 6. The participating center is able to follow the standardized procedures for video collection, data upload, data security, and annotation quality control. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Refusal to provide informed consent. 2. Patients scheduled to undergo conventional open thyroid surgery. 3. Standardized recorder-based intraoperative video collection cannot be performed. 4. Intraoperative video quality is insufficient for model analysis or expert review. 5. Key surgical phases are missing from the video recording. 6. Expert annotation or review of the parathyroid glands or recurrent laryngeal nerves cannot be completed. 7. Video de-identification fails. 8. Severe missing perioperative clinical data. 9. Other conditions judged by the investigators to be unsuitable for study inclusion.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
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