Summary
The tracheostomy procedure is frequently performed in children to bypass an obstructed airway due to blockage in the upper throat or for chronic lung conditions related to prematurity. Tracheostomy-dependent children living at home require continuous monitoring, and over 25% of them experience serious complications. The nationwide shortage of home care nurses makes continuous observation of these children impractical, hence the critical need for home-based monitoring systems. Such monitoring systems usually require training on images of tracheostomy-dependent infants. However, an important ch