Scholars@Duke
Tanner Zachem

Selected Publications

Machine learning approaches in non-contact autofluorescence spectrum classification.

Journal Article PLOS Digit Health · October 2024 Manual surgical resection of soft tissue sarcoma tissue can involve many challenges, including the critical need for precise determination of tumor boundary with normal tissue and limitations of current surgical instrumentation, in addition to standard ris ... Full text Link to item Cite

Machine learning in the diagnosis, management, and care of patients with low back pain: a scoping review of the literature and future directions.

Journal Article Spine J · September 25, 2024 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Low back pain (LBP) remains the leading cause of disability globally. In recent years, machine learning (ML) has emerged as a potentially useful tool to aid the diagnosis, management, and prognostication of LBP. PURPOSE: In this review, ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Validation of the graded prognostic assessment and recursive partitioning analysis as prognostic tools using a modern cohort of patients with brain metastases

Journal Article Neuro-Oncology Practice · June 24, 2024 AbstractBackgroundPrognostic indices for patients with brain metastases (BM) are needed to individualize treatment and stratify clinic ... Full text Cite

Perioperative Blindness in Spine Surgery: A Scoping Literature Review.

Journal Article J Clin Med · February 12, 2024 Perioperative vision loss (POVL) is a devastating surgical complication that impacts both the recovery from surgery and quality of life, most commonly occurring after spine surgery. With rates of spine surgery dramatically increasing, the prevalence of POV ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Blink Reflex and Facial Nerve Outcomes: Using a Machine Learning Tool

Conference Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base · February 2024 Full text Cite

3D MRI-Based Topological Analysis with Machine Learning to Predict Skull Base Meningioma Pathologic Grade

Conference Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base · February 2024 Full text Cite

Implementing Machine Learning to Detect Changes in Facial Nerve EMG During Vestibular Schwannoma Resection

Conference Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base · February 2024 Full text Cite

Pathologic Grading of Meningioma Tissue Via Machine Learning and Noncontact Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Conference Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base · February 2024 Full text Cite

A blinded study using laser induced endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy to differentiate ex vivo spine tumor, healthy muscle, and healthy bone.

Journal Article Sci Rep · January 22, 2024 Ten patients undergoing surgical resection for spinal tumors were selected. Samples of tumor, muscle, and bone were resected, de-identified by the treating surgeon, and then scanned with the TumorID technology ex vivo. This study investigates whether Tumor ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Neurosurgical Tools: A Computer Vision Dataset

Dataset · December 3, 2023 A labeled computer vision dataset of 27 common neurosurgical tools. For the manuscript: Computer Vision for Increased Operative Efficiency via Identification of Instruments in the Neurosurgical Operating Room: A Proof-of-Concept Study ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intraoperative Ex Vivo Pituitary Adenoma Subtype Classification Using Noncontact Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Conference 32nd Annual Meeting North American Skull Base Society · February 2023 Full text Cite