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Human-in-the-loop validation of an artificial intelligence-driven real-time prostatic capsule recognition model for nerve-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-026-12681-0

Published Online: 2026-03-05

Published Print: 2026-04

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Authors

Chen, Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2275-4527
Fukuda, Shohei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-8338
Yoshida, Soichiro

Kobayashi, Nao

Fukada, Kyohei

Fukunishi, Munenori

Otani, Yuhi

Fukushima, Hiroshi

Yasuda, Yosuke

Fu, Guangqing

Waseda, Yuma

Tanaka, Hajime

Fujii, Yasuhisa
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Health Commission (24CXTD06)

Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program (2026YFHZ0048)
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Article History

Received: 20 November 2025

Accepted: 15 February 2026

First Online: 5 March 2026

Declarations

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: Dr. Nao Kobayashi holds equity in Anaut Inc., a surgical artificial intelligence start-up company that provides technical engineering support for medical image analysis systems. Drs. Kyohei Fukada, Munenori Fukunishi, and Yuhi Otani are employees of Anaut Inc. The sponsor had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript preparation, or publication decisions. Drs. Wei Chen, Shohei Fukuda, Soichiro Yoshida, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yosuke Yasuda, Guangqing Fu, Yuma Waseda, Hajime Tanaka, and Yasuhisa Fujii have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Institute of Science Tokyo (Approval number: M2022-257).

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