Augmented reality headset bolsters reconstructive surgery
Using an augmented reality (AR) headset to view CT angiography (CTA) images allowed researchers from the U.K. to improve the accuracy and speed of reconstructive surgery in the leg for a series of...
View ArticleHow Augmented Reality Will Make Surgery Safer
Some of the biggest medical advances of the last few decades have been in diagnostic imaging—ultrasonogaphy, mammography, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and so on. The...
View ArticleThe New Technologies Transforming Healthcare
Healthcare is about to change beyond recognition. A host of technologies are uniting to transform the way we treat patients and develop new cures – from artificial intelligence and robotics to virtual...
View ArticleHoloLens will help a children’s hospital perform critical surgeries
Surgeons could see 3D heart scans in real time during operations. A UK children’s hospital plans to use Microsoft’s HoloLens and Surface Hub during critical operations like heart surgery, Microsoft...
View Article3 Startups Using Augmented Reality in Surgery
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel famously said, “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” The comment obviously refers to how technological promises often fall short of expectations. While...
View ArticleAT&T is making a first-of-its-kind 5G hospital in Chicago
Telecommunications giant AT&T said Tuesday it has inked an agreement with Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center to install 5G technology in the hospital facility. Installation of the...
View ArticleAugmented Reality: The Future of Medicine
Augmented Reality can change brain surgery thanks to powerful diagnostic platforms, revolutionize radiology, and open new doors to reconstructive surgery. Augmented Reality (AR), also known as spatial...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s HoloLens Not Fit for AR-Assisted Surgery, Study Suggests
Participants were less accurate and became more tired when completing a task with the HoloLens, compared to the naked eye With the right device, some programming, and the flick of a switch, augmented...
View ArticleAugmented Reality and Virtual Reality – The Future of Healthcare
When we talk about virtual reality, most people think about its advancement in the gaming industry. But now Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) is being introduced in other sectors as well....
View ArticleMagic Leap sees a bright future in AR healthcare
The well-funded startup once known for putting an elephant in the palm of your hand is shifting its focus to helping keep people healthy. Before surgery, surgeons often mentally rehearse what they’re...
View ArticleMagic Leap is turning to a major health care company to save its future,...
Magic Leap is looking to raise money from a major health company in order to protect its future, having just laid off around half of its workforce. As first reported by The Information on Tuesday,...
View ArticleVirtually Scrubbing in to the OR from Anywhere in the World
Proximie, a plug-and play hardware-agnostic platform, uses augmented reality (AR) to allow remote collaboration. “What I recognized as a surgeon who has spent a lot of time both in the operating room...
View ArticleHoloLens project enables collaboration among surgeons worldwide
One day in mid-December, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bruno Gobbato walked into an operating room in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil, put on a HoloLens 2 mixed-reality headset and prepared for surgery. Joining him...
View ArticleVirtual reality simulations are creating better surgeons
A twenty-something woman in scrubs stands alone and articulates her hands in terse, repetitive motions. An insectile headset covers her upper face; her hand clutches a controller. Though her...
View ArticleThe future of surgery: AR, VR, and virtual learning will upend modern medicine
The case was complicated: Shoulder arthroplasty, to deal with an advanced case of arthritis affecting the patient’s glenoid — the ball part of the ball-and-socket joint in the shoulder. To handle the...
View ArticleWhy your next knee surgery may be assisted by smart glasses
The “augmented surgeon” is becoming the new reality of surgical medicine thanks to augmented and virtual reality technologies. The FDA is clearing an augmented reality solution for surgeons to use...
View ArticleVirtual proctoring, training poised to be new normal in post-pandemic...
Prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis, momentum to transition operating rooms into digitally-connected learning environments was building. Social distancing mandates accelerated those efforts....
View ArticleA Healthier Reality: The Impacts of AR in Healthcare
Augmented reality (AR) is popular among gamers. But can it be used in more serious settings, such as the healthcare sector? Since COVID-19 struck, more people seek physical and psychological medical...
View ArticleAugmented Reality Applications Gain Traction in Orthopedics
Augmented reality (AR) has proven to be applicable to a variety of industries and use cases over the years. What started as a military technology two decades ago has been leveraged in everything from...
View ArticleAugmented reality puts holograms, data at fingertips of surgeons
Across many orthopedic subspecialties, surgeons are experiencing a taste of the future in the OR with the use of augmented reality. Although augmented reality (AR) can be found in the published...
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