Mixed Reality for Orthopedic Elbow Surgery Training and Operating Room Applications: A Preliminary Analysis
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2023
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The Eurographics Association
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The use of Mixed Reality in medicine is widely documented to be a candidate to revolutionize surgical interventions. In this paper we present a system to simulate k-wire placement, that is a common orthopedic procedure used to stabilize fractures, dislocations, and other traumatic injuries.With the described system, it is possible to leverage Mixed Reality (MR) and advanced visualization techniques applied on a surgical simulation phantom to enhance surgical training and critical orthopedic surgical procedures. This analysis is centered on evaluating the precision and proficiency of k-wire placement in an elbow surgical phantom, designed with a 3D modeling software starting from a virtual 3D anatomical reference. By visually superimposing 3D reconstructions of internal structures and the target K-wire positioning on the physical model, it is expected not only to improve the learning curve but also to establish a foundation for potential real-time surgical guidance in challenging clinical scenarios. The performance is measured as the difference between K-wires real placement in respect to target position; the quantitative measurements are then used to compare the risk of iatrogenic injury to nerves and vascular structures of MRguided vs non MR-guided simulated interventions.
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CCS Concepts: Applied computing -> Life and medical sciences; Computing methodologies -> Computer graphics; Mixed / augmented reality
@inproceedings{10.2312:stag.20231291,
booktitle = {Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics - Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference},
editor = {Banterle, Francesco and Caggianese, Giuseppe and Capece, Nicola and Erra, Ugo and Lupinetti, Katia and Manfredi, Gilda},
title = {{Mixed Reality for Orthopedic Elbow Surgery Training and Operating Room Applications: A Preliminary Analysis}},
author = {Cangelosi, Antonio and Riberi, Giacomo and Salvi, Massimo and Molinari, Filippo and Titolo, Paolo and Agus, Marco and Calì, Corrado},
year = {2023},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {2617-4855},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-235-6},
DOI = {10.2312/stag.20231291}
}