Virtual reality in neurosurgery:“can you see it?”–a review of the current applications and future potential

B Fiani, F De Stefano, A Kondilis, C Covarrubias… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) technology had its early development in the 1960s in the US Air Force
and has since evolved into a budding area of scientific research with many practical medical …

Enhancing reality: a systematic review of augmented reality in neuronavigation and education

J Cho, S Rahimpour, A Cutler, CR Goodwin, SP Lad… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Augmented reality (AR) is increasingly being explored as an adjunct to
conventional neuronavigation systems. AR affords the ability to superimpose 3-dimensional …

Augmenting Microsoft's HoloLens with vuforia tracking for neuronavigation

T Frantz, B Jansen, J Duerinck… - Healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Major hurdles for Microsoft's HoloLens as a tool in medicine have been accessing tracking
data, as well as a relatively high‐localisation error of the displayed information; cumulatively …

Augmented reality in medical practice: from spine surgery to remote assistance

F Cofano, G Di Perna, M Bozzaro, A Longo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: While performing surgeries in the OR, surgeons and assistants often need to
access several information regarding surgical planning and/or procedures related to the …

Holographic mixed-reality neuronavigation with a head-mounted device: technical feasibility and clinical application

Z Qi, Y Li, X Xu, J Zhang, F Li, Z Gan, R Xiong… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The authors aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility of a mixed-reality
neuronavigation (MRN) system with a wearable head-mounted device (HMD) and to …

Intraoperative clinical application of augmented reality in neurosurgery: a systematic review

WOC López, PA Navarro, S Crispin - Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
The interest and potential use of augmented reality (AR) in several medical fields since the
early 90′ s has increased consistently. It provides intraoperative guidance for surgical …

Applications of augmented reality in the neurosurgical operating room: a systematic review of the literature

S Chidambaram, V Stifano, M Demetres… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Advancements in imaging techniques are key forces of progress in neurosurgery. The
importance of accurate visualization of intraoperative anatomy cannot be overemphasized …

Use of neuronavigation and augmented reality in transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma surgery

MHA Bopp, B Saß, M Pojskić, F Corr, D Grimm… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to report on the clinical experience with microscope-based
augmented reality (AR) in transsphenoidal surgery compared to the classical microscope …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of virtual reality and augmented reality in spine surgery

JS Yoo, DS Patel, NM Hrynewycz… - Annals of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the number of advances in surgical techniques increases, it becomes increasingly
important to assess and research the technology regarding spine surgery techniques in …

Augmented and virtual reality usage in awake craniotomy: a systematic review

M Mofatteh, MS Mashayekhi, S Arfaie, Y Chen… - Neurosurgical …, 2022 - Springer
Augmented and virtual reality (AR, VR) are becoming promising tools in neurosurgery. AR
and VR can reduce challenges associated with conventional approaches via the simulation …