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Spine surgery is a task demanding high levels of precision and accuracy. To facilitate this task, surgeons often use a separate screen to show the spinal anatomy or employ fluoroscopy-based procedures. However, using a separate screen would need the surgeon to turn the head repeatedly to look. Fluoroscopy-based procedures might result in undesired radiation. Xvision is an augmented reality system designed by Augmedics to give spinal surgeons “x-ray vision”. The CT scan data are turned into a 3D visualization of spinal anatomy. The visualization is shown in the transparent near-eye-display of a wireless AR headset for surgeons. Using the system, a surgeon can look directly at the patient and see the patient, surgical tools, and the spinal anatomy at the same time. The system has high level of accuracy and eliminate the need to shift attention to a separate screen, or the need to use fluoroscopy.
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Location: Illinois, US
Summary
Purpose
To facilitate the operations on an object with complex structure
Idea
Use augmented reality technologies to demonstrate the inner structure of the object
Further Possibilities
1. Use AR to see the attributes of a person
2. Use AR to see the pictures taken by other tourists
3. Use AR to see product attributes while shopping
4. Use AR and the information from the Internet to enrich everything we see
5. Use AR to help detectives visualize a crime scene
Questions
1. What might be all the things that we need to see differently?
2. How might we see ourselves differently?
3. How might we hear things differently?
