Augmented Reality Navigation Systems in Health Care
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2022) | Viewed by 13075
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interactive computer graphics; virtual and augmented reality; human-computer interaction; data visualization; user experience; ubiquitous computing; accessible computing; technology-enhanced learning
Interests: minimally invasive surgery; tubular surgery; 3-dimensional navigation; lateral approach surgeries; biological approaches for disc repair/regeneration; global neurosurgery; augmented reality
Interests: Spine surgery; Surgical navigation; neuronavigation; Augmented Reality; Virtual Reality; Mixed Reality; Patient tracking; Optical tracking; IR tracking; Cranial navigation; Endoscopy
Interests: Spine surgery; Surgical navigation; neuronavigation; Augmented Reality; Virtual Reality; Mixed Reality; Patient tracking; Optical tracking; IR tracking; Cranial navigation; Endoscopy
Interests: Minimally Invasive Interventions; Image Guided Therapy; Augmented Reality; Optical Tracking; Smart Interventional Devices; Optical Spectroscopy; Workflow Efficiency
Interests: endoscopy; endoscopic fusion; minimally invasive surgery; enhanced recovery after surgery; 3-dimensional navigation; augmented reality; biologic approaches for disc repair/regeneration
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The application of augmented reality technology to health care holds great promise in that it can provide users with pertinent visual information while they are performing manual tasks. Augmented reality means that virtual information is superimposed on live real-world information, typically in the user’s field of view using a head mounted display, a monitor or a projector. In surgery and interventional radiology, augmented reality is used to provide navigational feedback on instrument positions in relation to anatomical structures to assist the physician in carrying out a procedure with maximal accuracy. For the coming generations of augmented reality systems improved matching between the real world and superimposed data is essential. Sensors are needed that accurately decipher our three-dimensional environment. For this issue we welcome clinical papers describing new technical solutions for AR navigation in different surgical and interventional fields as well as technical papers on the design of new AR systems with special emphasis on patient recognition and tracking for accurate image overlay. Novel solutions or applications of intraoperative imaging modalities and sensor technologies for the visual, infrared, hyperspectral and X-ray spectra are of great interest.
Dr. Mario Romero
Prof. Dr. Roger Härtl
Dr. Erik Edström
Dr. Adrian Elmi-Terander
Dr. Benno Hendriks
Dr. Ibrahim Hussain
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Mixed Reality
- Surgery
- Navigation
- Sensors
- X-ray
- Optics
- Hyperspectral imaging
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