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. 2020 Apr;30(3):143-148.
doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2019.04.005. Epub 2019 Apr 30.

Use of extended realities in cardiology

Michael K Southworth  1 , Jonathan R Silva  2 , Jennifer N Avari Silva  3
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Use of extended realities in cardiology

Michael K Southworth et al. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Recent miniaturization of electronic components and advances in image processing software have facilitated the entry of extended reality technology into clinical practice. In the last several years, the number of applications in cardiology has multiplied, with many promising to become standard of care. We review many of these applications in the areas of patient and physician education, cardiac rehabilitation, pre-procedural planning and intraprocedural use. The rapid integration of these approaches into the many facets of cardiology suggests that they will one day become an every-day part of physician practice.

Keywords: Augmented reality; Extended realities; Mixed reality; Virtual reality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: JNAS and JRS are co-inventors of the system. JNAS, JRS and MKS are co-founders of SentiAR, Inc. MKS, JNAS, and JRS are SentiAR, Inc. shareholders.

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Pictorial display of the extended realities: Virtual Reality (Panel A), Augmented Reality (Panel B) and Mixed Reality (Panel C). In Panel A, the Virtual Reality digital space is totally immersive and completely closed off from the natural environment. Panel B represents Augmented Reality, in which the user can remain in their natural environment and import digital images. Panel C represents Mixed Reality—upper panel demonstrating a head mounted display, such as the Microsoft HoloLens, the lower panel demonstrating a view through screen, such as the RealView Holoscope—which also allows the user to remain in their natural environment which importing and interacting with digital images.
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