To do this, surgeons wear augmented reality goggles during surgery. They project 3D computed tomography (CT) and MRI scans that overlay critical information directly onto the surgeon's field of view.

Augmented reality-assisted spine surgery restored Diana Little-Day’s ability to stand and live pain-free after five years of debilitating scoliosis-related pain and failed procedures.

More information: Franziska C.S. Altorfer et al, Pedicle Screw Placement with Augmented Reality Versus Robotic-Assisted Surgery, Spine (2024). DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005147 Provided by ...

Timothy O’Connor, MD, director of minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery at Marcus Neuroscience Institute in Boca Raton, has become one of the first specialists in the world to conduct ...

Medical technology is advancing at a rate of knots, and orthopaedic startups in particular are revolutionising the inmdustry.

After five years of debilitating pain and multiple failed surgeries, an Indiana woman finally found relief through a groundbreaking augmented reality spine procedure performed at Northwestern Medicine ...

one for a spinal fusion surgery and another to remove a cancerous tumor. “When using augmented reality in the operating room, it’s like having a GPS navigator in front of your eyes in a ...

Apollo Hospitals on Thursday (February 13, 2025) announced a significant advancement in epilepsy treatment: a surgery ...

Dr. Marianne Black, former Canada Research Chair in Assistive Technologies at UVic, used AR software to support those with ...