GWU Hospital becomes first facility in the US to use AR technology to assist a surgical operation, improving accuracy and shortening operating and recovery times for patients
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Novarad's website.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—September 10, 2019— George Washington University Hospital, in partnership with Novarad, today announced the country’s first implementation of an augmented reality (AR) medical solution in a surgical setting. Building upon decades of Novarad’s experience in image processing, the OpenSight® Augmented Reality System, powered by Microsoft HoloLens, renders 2D, 3D and 4D images of patients interactively, while accurately overlaying them directly onto the patient’s body. The partnership ushers in a new world of pre-operative planning, overcoming critical pre-surgical and surgical obstacles to minimize patient morbidity and mortality.
While some earlier technology was limited in both scope and efficacy, OpenSight, co-created by Dr. Wendell Gibby, Novarad CEO and Dr. Steve Cvetko of OpenSight, was designed to visualize 3D imaging holograms of the patient, on the patient, for pre-operative localization and planning of surgical options. The 3D holograms are created by a refractory system in the device using a combination of the Microsoft HoloLens hardware and OpenSight technology. Click here to continue>>
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