IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · Feb 2016
Facial Image Analysis for Fully Automatic Prediction of Difficult Endotracheal Intubation.
Difficult tracheal intubation is a major cause of anesthesia-related injuries with potential life threatening complications. Detection and anticipation of difficult airway in the preoperative period is, thus, crucial for the patients' safety. We propose an automatic face-analysis approach to detect morphological traits related to difficult intubation and improve its prediction. ⋯ We present the first completely automatic and noninvasive difficult intubation detection system that is suitable for use in clinical settings.