Jasper Hofman, Pieter De Backer, Ilaria Manghi, Jente Simoens, Ruben De Groote, Hannes Van Den Bossche, Mathieu D'Hondt, Tim Oosterlinck, Julie Lippens, Charles Van Praet, Federica Ferraguti, Charlotte Debbaut, Zhijin Li, Oliver Kutter, Alexandre Mottrie, Karel Decaestecker
The integration of Augmented Reality (AR) into daily surgical practice is withheld by the correct registration of pre-operative data. This includes intelligent 3D model superposition whilst simultaneously handling real and virtual occlusions caused by the AR overlay. Occlusions can negatively impact surgical safety and as such deteriorate rather than improve surgical care. Robotic surgery is particularly suited to tackle these integration challenges in a stepwise approach as the robotic console allows for different inputs to be displayed in parallel to the surgeon...
2024: Healthcare Technology Letters