Operation to be performed on 14 April 2016 at 1pm GMT at Barts Health NHS Trust, and live-streamed through virtual reality using Mativision technology An operation on a patient with colon cancer at ...

AI, augmented reality and virtual reality have been found to be useful tools in health care, with utilization in ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., is partnering with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Tufts University in Boston to create a virtual operating room to train surgeons, according ...

Osso VR, a startup looking to disrupt the surgical device training space with virtual reality, has raised $2 million in seed funding in a round led by Signalfire, with participation from Anorak ...

Advancements in medical devices and surgical techniques hold promise for saving and improving lives. But our current system of training and assessing surgeons has lagged behind the pace of innovation ...

Operating rooms at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., look like something out of a science fiction novel, according to The Orange County Register. 1. Hoag has been using virtual reality headsets ...

As augmented reality technology improves, you’re going to see it in use everywhere — including the operating room. German research institute Fraunhofer MEVIS has created an app that lets surgeons use ...

The Johnson & Johnson Institute launched a virtual reality training program to help orthopedic surgeons and nurses learn and practice common surgical techniques, Medgadget reports. Medgadget ...

The treatment of breast cancer, the leading cause of cancer and cancer mortality among women worldwide, is mainly on the basis of surgery. In this study, we describe the use of a medical image ...

Virtual reality simulated training and procedural videos are gaining popularity among surgeons. Not only do they allow users to view how to perform a procedure, but they also enable surgeons to try ...