Virtual reality system helps surgeons | 合法醫療器材資訊網

CreatedbytheColoradostartupSurgicalTheater,theVRsystemishelpingtrainresidents,assistsurgeonsinplanningupcomingoperationsandeducatepatients​.

The three-dimensional aspect of the imagery eases surgeons’ planning and improves the accuracy of the surgery, with the aim of producing safer procedures. “We can plan out how we can approach a tumor and avoid critical areas like the motor cortex or the sensory areas,” said Steinberg, professor and chair of neurosurgery. “Before, we didn’t have the ability to reconstruct it in three dimensions; we’d have to do it in our minds. This way it’s a three-dimensional rendering.”

Steinberg noted that in Rodoni’s case, an artery was attached to the top of the aneurysm. “You couldn’t see it on conventional imaging,” he said. “Had I not known about it, it could have been a real disaster.” 

To show patients what’s going on inside their skulls, Malie Collins, MS, senior program lead for the VR program, rolls a mobile unit, complete with headset, into an examination or hospital room. Being able to s...