Recent technological innovation by Philips Healthcare systems in collaboration with Israeli firm RealView has revealed Holographic displays that could show mothers their child before it is born, and let surgeons manipulate a holographic display of a patient’s internal organs are being developed.
Recently this technology went on a successful trials with an open heart surgery.
The pilot study involved eight patients and was conducted in collaboration with the Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Israel.
RealView’s system were used to display interactive, real-time 3D holographic images which was eventually acquired by Philips interventional X-ray and cardiac ultrasound systems.
In addition to viewing the patient’s heart on a 2D screen, doctors in the interventional team were able to view detailed dynamic 3D holographic images of the heart ‘floating in free space’ during a minimally-invasive structural heart disease procedure, without the need of special eyewear.
“The holographic projections enabled me to intuitively understand and interrogate the 3D spatial anatomy of the patient’s heart, as well as to navigate and appreciate the device-tissue interaction during the procedure,” said Einat Birk, MD, pediatric cardiologist and director of the Institute of Pediatric Cardiology at Schneider Children’s Medical Center.
The result has opened plethora of opportunities that can transform traditional way of surgery into the most modern way of surgery.
