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Editorial
. 2017 Oct 27;4(5):151.
doi: 10.1049/htl.2017.0077. eCollection 2017 Oct.

Editorial: Challenges for the usability of AR and VR for clinical neurosurgical procedures

Sandrine de Ribaupierre  1 , Roy Eagleson  1
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Editorial

Editorial: Challenges for the usability of AR and VR for clinical neurosurgical procedures

Sandrine de Ribaupierre et al. Healthc Technol Lett. .

Abstract

There are a number of challenges that must be faced when trying to develop AR and VR-based Neurosurgical simulators, Surgical Navigation Platforms, and "Smart OR" systems. Trying to simulate an operating room environment and surgical tasks in Augmented and Virtual Reality is a challenge many are attempting to solve, in order to train surgeons or help them operate. What are some of the needs of the surgeon, and what are the challenges encountered (human computer interface, perception, workflow, etc). We discuss these tradeoffs and conclude with critical remarks.

Keywords: AR; Smart OR systems; Surgical Navigation 10 Platforms; VR; augmented reality; clinical neurosurgical procedures; human computer interaction; human computer interface; medical computing; neurophysiology; neurosurgical simulators; operating room environment; perception; surgery; surgical tasks; usability; virtual reality; workflow.

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