First Liver Surgery With Tablet Computer In Germany.

The following are images from Germany of a
liver surgery, one of the first surgeries of its
kind in the country with the support of a
tablet computer to access and visualize
planning data. The tablet uses augmented
reality, which allows the liver to be filmed with
an iPad and overlaid during an operation with
virtual 3D models reconstructed from the real
organ.
Developed by Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen,
this procedure helps locate critical structures
such as tumors and vessels and is expected to
improve the quality of transferring pre
operational resection plans into actual surgery.
A piece of a tumorous liver, which was
removed during surgery supported by a tablet
computer to access and visualize planning
data, lies next to a pair of scissors, at the
Asklepios Hospital Hamburg-Barmbek August
15, 2013. The tablet computer uses augmented
reality, which allows the liver to be filmed with
an iPad and overlaid during an operation with
virtual 3D models reconstructed from the real
organ. Developed by Fraunhofer MEVIS in
Bremen, this procedure helps locate critical
structures such as tumors and vessels and is
expected to improve the quality of transferring
pre-operational resection plans into actual
surgery.