Steven Lo, Spencer Fowers, Kwame Darko, Thiago Spina, Catriona Graham, Andrea Britto, Anna Rose, David Tittsworth, Aileen McIntyre, Chris O'Dowd, Roma Maguire, Wayne Chang, David Young, Amber Hoak, Robin Young, Mark Dunlop, Levi Ankrah, Martina Messow, Opoku Ampomah, Ben Cutler, Roma Armstrong, Ruchi Lalwani, Ruairidh Davison, Sophie Bagnall, Whitney Hudson, Mike Shepperd, Jonny Johnson
BACKGROUND: The COVID pandemic brought the need for more realistic remote consultations into focus. 2D Telemedicine solutions fail to replicate the fluency or authenticity of in-person consultations. This research reports on an international collaboration on the participatory development and first validated clinical use of a novel, real-time 360-degree 3D Telemedicine system worldwide. The development of the system - leveraging Microsoft's Holoportation™ communication technology - commenced at the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Glasgow, in March 2020...
October 13, 2022: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery: JPRAS