SoNIT

Fachhochschule

Icosys

SoNIT : Sonography Nerve Instrument Tracking Innosuisse project aiming to enhance real-time images during sonography-guided surgeries using artificial intelligence.
Realization
  • HES-SO Fribourg – iCoSys
  • Prof. Houda Chabbi
  • Prof. Jean Hennebert
  • Dr. Christophe Gisler
  • Andrea Petrucci
  • Benjamin Pasquier
  • FHNW – Institute for Interactive Technologies
  • Prof Hilko Cords
  • Prof Arzu Cöltekin
Keywords
  • Image Analysis
  • Video Tracking
  • Sonography
  • Machine Learning
Our skills

Expertise in developing deep learning algorithms and applications for the segmentation and tracking of anatomical and surgical structures in ultrasound videos.

Partnership
  • SPIRECUT SA Prof. Frederic Schuind
  • Universität Bern
Funding
Institut – Swiss Innovation Agency
Schedule
01.03.2025-29.02.2028

This project brings together two research teams specializing in deep learning, computer vision and human–machine interaction, in close collaboration with a group of hand surgeons and medical specialists focusing on carpal tunnel syndrome.

Together, we design and validate methods to enhance ultrasound images in real time during sonography-guided surgeries. Specifically, we highlight the cutting instrument and anatomical structures at risk of iatrogenic lesion, i.e., terminal nerve branches via advanced computer vision and deep learning.