Become a part of the CVS Challenge!¶

While this site is predominantly intended to inform competing teams about essential dates around the SAGES CVS Challenge held at MICCAI 2024 in Marrakesh, we are inviting engagement for:

• Data Donation: We encourage additional contributions of laparoscopic Cholecystectomy videos from across the globe. Your data donation will contribute to future iterations of the challenge. For that purpose, we have developed the SAGES Video Acquisition Portal for safe de-identification of surgical videos and easy uploading and processing. Click here to learn how to use the Portal and find out more about data donation to the CVS Challenge. A data donation agreement for individual institutional review board approval can be found here. 

• Join the Annotation Team: Annotators will participate in the first SAGES Annotation School in a proficiency-based progress approach. After completing the school, annotators will have access to the entire dataset. Volunteering as an annotator offers opportunities to learn more about surgical AI, co-authorships, and future collaboration. Click here to find out more about joining the CVS ChallengeAnnotation Team.  

• Sponsorship: We are grateful for the generous support by our industrial sponsors, which can be found on the challenge website. For further inquiries and information on the benefits of support of the SAGES CVS Challenge please contact Shelley Ginsberg from SAGES at shelley@sages.org. 

Please also consult our challenge website for more information on the initiative and contact info@cvschallenge.org with any questions. 

www.cvschallenge.org¶

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