Augmented Reality in Plastic Surgery Education

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Plastic Surgery: A Review

Recently, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have received increasing attention, with the development of VR/AR devices such as head-mounted displays, haptic devices, and AR glasses. Medicine is considered to be one of the most effective applications of VR/AR. In this article, we describe a systematic literature review conducted to investigate the state-of-the-art VR/AR technology r...

Augmented reality in surgery.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the history and current knowledge of computer-augmented reality in the field of surgery and its potential goals in education, surgeon training, and patient treatment. DATA SOURCES National Library of Medicine's database and additional library searches. STUDY SELECTION Only articles suited to surgical sciences with a well-defined aim of study, methodology, and precise d...

Augmented Reality in surgery

The Emergence of Augmented Reality in Orthopaedic Surgery and Education

THE ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 8 The Emergence of Augmented Reality in Orthopaedic Surgery and Education Dustin K. Baker, BS1,2 Charles T. Fryberger, BS1 Brent A. Ponce, MD1

Augmented reality in medical education?

Learning in the medical domain is to a large extent workplace learning and involves mastery of complex skills that require performance up to professional standards in the work environment. Since training in this real-life context is not always possible for reasons of safety, costs, or didactics, alternative ways are needed to achieve clinical excellence. Educational technology and more specific...