Medivis announced that its augmented reality (AR) technology platform for surgical applications, SurgicalAR, has received 510(k) clearance for clinical use in the operating room by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The New York City-based medical technology company will commence the...
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are being used in healthcare for clinician training, patient education, advanced visualization of complex anatomy in medical imaging and for procedural guidance. Augmented reality fuses images over the person's field of view to augment what they see. This is also called mixed reality. Virtual reality uses a visor headset to completely immerse the user in a virtual environment.
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This is an example of how virtual reality is being used in neuro-radiology to better evaluate patients using advanced imaging. This dataset shows a patient's brain MRI with fused tractography imaging for pre-operative planning.
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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into medicine has by far been the hottest topic at nearly all medical conferences for radiology, cardiology and several other subspecialties over the past two...
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As many as one in four patients who undergo cath lab interventions can benefit from a technology that identifies the location of stenoses not resolved by initially performed percutaneous coronary...
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Virtual reality (VR) and its less immersive kin, augmented reality (AR), are gaining traction in some medical applications. But a new entrant, “mixed reality,” may have the inside track in the interventional suite or operating room.
Joseph Shirk, M.D., of UCLA with the virtual reality headset. Image courtesy of UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
News | Virtual and Augmented Reality | September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019 — A UCLA-led study has found that using three-dimensional...
Technology | Virtual and Augmented Reality | June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019 — Medivis announced that its...
Technology | Virtual and Augmented Reality | June 04, 2019
June 4, 2019 — SpellBound, an Ann Arbor startup specializing in...
Videos | Advanced Visualization | May 16, 2019
This is an example of how virtual reality is being used in neuro-radiology to better evaluate patients using advanced...
News | Advanced Visualization | April 04, 2019
April 4, 2019 — Increasing demand for innovative diagnostic techniques, neurological disorders and increasing disease...
Technology | Advanced Visualization | April 02, 2019
April 2, 2019 — Medical imaging and visualization company Medivis announced the launch of AnatomyX, its...
SyncVision iFR Co-registration from Philips Healthcare maps iFR pressure readings onto angiogram. Results from an international study presented at #ACC19 show that pressure readings in coronary arteries may identify locations of stenoses remaining after cardiac cath interventions.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | March 18, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
As many as one in four patients who undergo cath lab interventions can benefit from a technology that identifies the...
Jennifer N. A. Silva, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Mo., describes “mixed reality” at ACC19 Future Hub.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | March 17, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
Virtual reality (VR) and its less immersive kin, augmented reality (AR), are gaining traction in some medical...
This is an example of the Fujifilm REiLI artificial intelligence application for radiology, showing auto identification and quantification of a pleural effusion and fibrosis with color coding showing the areas of detected anomalies.
Blog | HIMSS | March 05, 2019
Healthcare today is largely woven together with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, which has led to the rapid...
Podcast | Cardiac Imaging | March 04, 2019
Technology is reshaping not only our understanding of cardiac disease but what motivates patients to visit doctors....
Image courtesy of Philips
Feature | Radiology Imaging | February 27, 2019 | By Dave Fornell
There are several recent trends in X-ray...
EchoPixel allows radiologists to see CT, MRI and ultrasound scans in 3-D.
Feature | Information Technology | February 27, 2019 | Tatyana Shavel
Medical images take a significant part in patient diagnostics across different care cycle points, including regular...
Philips and Microsoft have partnered to develop an augmented reality system to help imporve workflow and procedural navigation in the cath lab. Physicians wearing visors can view and interact with true 3-D holograms above the patient on the table and manipulate the image with voice and hand motion commands to avoid breaking the sterile field.
News | Advanced Visualization | February 25, 2019
February 25, 2019 — Philips will unveil a new...
Technology | Virtual and Augmented Reality | February 14, 2019
February 14, 2019 — Medical imaging and visualization company Medivis officially unveiled SurgicalAR, its...
Slice v 3D: Patients and surgeons at Hoag Memorial Hospital are looking at virtual reality reconstructions (right) over conventional 2D images. Images courtesy of Hoag Memorial Hospital
Feature | Information Technology | February 13, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
The same virtual reality (VR) reconstructions that surgeons use to plan and rehearse brain surgeries at Hoag Memorial...
Videos | Advanced Visualization | November 30, 2018
This is an example of the FDA-cleared OpenSight augmented reality (AR) system for surgical planning from NovaRad at the...
Technology | Lung Cancer | October 05, 2018
October 5, 2018 — Body Vision Medical, a medical device company specializing in lung cancer...