Augmented reality Support during minimally invasive surgery

The ARIS*ER challenge:

To provide the doctor with decision support for treatment by communicating comprehensive information from multiple sources, to guide the procedure by means of visual and haptic feedback. Guidance is based on several imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, MRI and video-endoscopy. Through this research, a group of young researchers is being trained to work internationally and multidisciplinary. The team is working across the boarders of medical interventions, information and communication technology development, and user interface design.

ARIS*ER consists of:

8 Partners: 6 Academic institutions (including hospitals) 2 Cutting edge technology companies The consortium seeks to bridge between clinical users and technology developers, between academia and industry and between different technology disciplines.

ARIS*ER sciences:

The development of Information Technology for Minimally Invasive Therapies is based on: Radiological data sets, Tracking of instruments, doctor and patient, Real-rime image processing tools, Fusion of modalities, Augmented Reality visualizations, Adaptive robots and haptics User centred design and user interface design methods

ARIS*ER user centered design:

The doctor will be in control of provided information: when and what is provided, free angle choice, Visual and haptic information to match human sensory and cognitive strategies and capacities, Planning data will be brought into the Operating Room, Interface adapts to the procedure, Easy to use and easy to learn interface. ARIS*ER research and development: is centered on clinical applications: Laparoscopic liver resection Endoscopic mitral valve repair/replacement MRI guided RF ablation ARIS*ER Output: Working prototypes, tested in the hospital and scientific knowledge for product development.