SurgT challenge: Benchmark of soft-tissue trackers for robotic surgery

João Cartucho, Alistair Weld, Samyakh Tukra, Haozheng Xu, Hiroki Matsuzaki, Taiyo Ishikawa, Minjun Kwon, Yongeun Jang, Kwang-Ju Kim, Gwang Lee, Bizhe Bai, Lueder A. Kahrs, Lars Boecking, Simeon Allmendinger, Leopold Müller, Yitong Zhang, Yueming Jin, Sophia Bano, Francisco Vasconcelos, Wolfgang Reiter et al. (6 additional authors not shown)

Abstract: Highlights•Launched ”SurgT” challenge for benchmarking soft-tissue trackers.•Provided dataset of 157 stereo videos and calibration parameters.•Verified unsupervised deep learning efficacy in tissue tracking.