European doctors use GoPro and Oculus to make virtual surgery a reality

Release date: 2014-08-19

In a recent project at the Moveo Foundation, Thomas Gregory, a professor of surgery and medicine at Descartes University in Paris and a physician at George Pompidou in Europe, used GoPro cameras and Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets for virtual surgery. Become a reality.

In the past 35 years, virtual reality technology has been used mainly for various types of training. For the medical community, it is important to train students in a low-risk or risk-free environment. Therefore, the use of high-quality virtual reality technology to conduct training is obviously of great value.

The Oculus Rift is such a virtual reality headset. Oculus VR, the developer of this product, was founded only two years ago and was acquired by Facebook (73.63, -0.67, -0.90%) earlier this year. The goal of the Oculus Rift is to create an immersive environment that delivers a new video gaming experience. The company may not have considered using this product for medical teaching. However, according to Facebook, Oculus will become a platform similar to smartphones.

Dr. Gregorian tried to use consumer technology products to explore a new way of shooting surgery. During the operation, he used two GoPro cameras fixed to the head for simultaneous shooting, when he was undergoing total hip replacement surgery.

The final video is very good, you can see the entire process of 3D version of the HD resolution, wide range of vision. With the Oculus Rift, it feels like a surgery.

The purpose of this attempt was to find a way for students to observe the entire procedure from the perspective of the surgeon. When students are still undergoing training, they must be involved in the operation, but it is very difficult to observe the surgeon's operation. With GoPro and Oculus Rift, students will be able to easily replay surgical details and pause, fast forward and rewind. This is also a great way for doctors to learn from each other, share and learn new technologies.

The industry believes that this is just the beginning of medical virtual reality. The next goal is to achieve interactivity, which is to help students experience real-world operations with real devices. However, this is also a complex challenge in the future.

On the other hand, the Oculus Rfit is not a medical device. Facebook may not want to deal with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the possible medical use of this device, and medical care is only a small market segment relative to a larger user base. However, it is clear that the technological advances achieved by the Oculus team, the sharing of their research results, and the rise of virtual reality technology developers will drive the development of medical virtual reality in the next 10 years.

Source: Sina Technology

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