Augmented Reality: Advances in Diagnostic Imaging

Augmented Reality: Advances in Diagnostic Imaging

In recent years, advances in medical imaging have provided opportunities for enhanced diagnosis and characterization of diseases including cancer. The improved spatial resolution provides outstanding detail of intricate anatomical structures, but has challenged physicians on how to effectively and e...

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Published in:Multimodal technologies and interaction Vol. 1; no. 4; p. 29
Main Authors: Douglas, David, Wilke, Clifford, Gibson, J., Boone, John, Wintermark, Max
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-12-2017
Subjects:
Augmented reality
Binocular vision
Breast cancer
Cancer
Diagnosis
Diagnostic systems
Laparoscopy
Medical imaging
Medical screening
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Physicians
Radiology
Space perception
Spatial resolution
Surgery
Tomography
Virtual reality
United States > US
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Summary:In recent years, advances in medical imaging have provided opportunities for enhanced diagnosis and characterization of diseases including cancer. The improved spatial resolution provides outstanding detail of intricate anatomical structures, but has challenged physicians on how to effectively and efficiently review the extremely large datasets of over 1000 images. Standard volume rendering attempts to tackle this problem as it provides a display of 3D information on a flat 2D screen, but it lacks depth perception and has poor human–machine interface (HMI). Most recently, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) with depth 3-dimensional (D3D) imaging provides depth perception through binocular vision, head tracking for improved HMI and other key AR features. In this article, we will discuss current and future medical applications of AR including assessing breast cancer. We contend that leveraging AR technology may enhance diagnosis, save cost and improve patient care.
ISSN:2414-4088
2414-4088
DOI:10.3390/mti1040029