Purpose: Urethral injury is one of the most important complications in transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) in male patients with rectal cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate holographic image-guided surgery in TaTME.
Methods: Polygon (stereolithography) files were created and exported from SYNAPSE VINCENT, and then uploaded into the Holoeyes MD system (Holoeyes Inc., Tokyo, Japan). After uploading the data, the three-dimensional image was automatically converted into a case-specific hologram. The hologram was then installed into the head mount display, HoloLens (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA). The surgeons and assistants wore the HoloLens when they performed TaTME.
Results: In a Wi-Fi-enabled operating room, each surgeon, wearing a HoloLens, shared the same hologram and succeeded in adjusting the hologram by making simple hand gestures from their respective angles. The hologram contributed to better comprehension of the positional relationships between the urethra and the surrounding pelvic organs during surgery. All surgeons were able to properly determine the dissection line.
Conclusions: This first experience suggests that intraoperative holograms contributed to reducing the risk of urethral injury and understanding transanal anatomy. Intraoperative holograms have the potential to become a new next-generation surgical support tool for use in spatial awareness and the sharing of information between surgeons.
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Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng
February 2024
Center for Imaging and Surgical Innovation, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX.
Biopsies play a crucial role in diagnosis of various diseases including cancers. In this study, we developed an augmented reality (AR) system to improve biopsy procedures and increase targeting accuracy. Our AR-guided biopsy system uses a high-speed motion tracking technology and an AR headset to display a holographic representation of the organ, lesions, and other structures of interest superimposed on real physical objects.
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May 2024
Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Shuang Qing Road, Beijing, 100084, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
Purpose: Biopsies play a crucial role in determining the classification and staging of tumors. Ultrasound is frequently used in this procedure to provide real-time anatomical information. Using augmented reality (AR), surgeons can visualize ultrasound data and spatial navigation information seamlessly integrated with real tissues.
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April 2024
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Three-dimensional reconstructions of state-of-the-art high-resolution imaging are progressively being used more for preprocedural assessment in thoracic surgery. It is a promising tool that aims to improve patient-specific treatment planning, for example, for minimally invasive or robotic-assisted lung resections. Increasingly available mixed-reality hardware based on video pass-through technology enables the projection of image data as a hologram onto the patient.
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January 2024
2Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Objective: In the era of flow diversion, there is an increasing demand to train neurosurgeons outside the operating room in safely performing clipping of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This study introduces a clip training simulation platform for residents and aspiring cerebrovascular neurosurgeons, with the aim to visualize peri-aneurysm anatomy and train virtual clipping applications on the matching physical aneurysm cases.
Methods: Novel, cost-efficient techniques allow the fabrication of realistic aneurysm phantom models and the additional integration of holographic augmented reality (AR) simulations.
Med Phys
July 2023
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China.
Background: Traditional methods of radiotherapy positioning have shortcomings such as fragile skin-markers, additional doses, and lack of information integration. Emerging technologies may provide alternatives for the relevant clinical practice.
Purpose: To propose a noninvasive radiotherapy positioning system integrating augmented reality (AR) and optical surface, and to evaluate its feasibility in clinical workflow.
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