Augmented reality guidance in cerebrovascular surgery using microscopic video enhancement

Augmented Reality Visualization for Guidance in Neurovascular Surgery

In neurovascular surgery, and in particular surgery for arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), the surgeon maps pre-operative images to the patient on the operating table to aid in vessel localization and resection. This type of spatial mapping is not trivial, is time consuming, and may be prone to error. Using augmented reality (AR) we can register the microscope/camera image of the patient to pr...

Visual Assembling Guidance Using Augmented Reality

This paper describes a study of using the concept of augmented reality for supporting assembly line workers in carrying out their task optimally. By overlaying virtual information on real world objects – and thereby enhance the human’s perception of reality – augmented reality makes it possible to improve the visual guidance to the workers. In the study, a prototype system is developed based on...

Intra-operative ultrasound-based augmented reality guidance for laparoscopic surgery

In laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon must operate with a limited field of view and reduced depth perception. This makes spatial understanding of critical structures difficult, such as an endophytic tumour in a partial nephrectomy. Such tumours yield a high complication rate of 47%, and excising them increases the risk of cutting into the kidney's collecting system. To overcome these challenges,...

Augmented reality in surgery.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the history and current knowledge of computer-augmented reality in the field of surgery and its potential goals in education, surgeon training, and patient treatment. DATA SOURCES National Library of Medicine's database and additional library searches. STUDY SELECTION Only articles suited to surgical sciences with a well-defined aim of study, methodology, and precise d...

Augmented Reality in surgery