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- Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease

Essential Surgical Plan Modifications After Virtual Reality Planning in 50 Consecutive Segmentectomies

Lately, increased interest in pulmonary segmentectomy has been observed. Segmental border identification is extremely difficult on 2-dimensional…

15 december 2022

- Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease

Virtual Reality in the Preoperative planning of adult aortic surgery: A feasibility study

Complex aortic anatomy needs careful preoperative planning in which a patient-tailored approach with novel immersive techniques could serve as a…

18 januari 2022

- WJPCHS

Planning surgeries of newborns with congenital heart diseases (MAPCA's)

In this retrospective study medicalVR software was used for visualizing collateral branches, or MAPCA's in newborns with a congenital heart surgery…

26 november 2021

- JACC JOURNALS

Immersive VR Heart Models for Planning of Transcatheter Paravalvular Leak Closure

A study comparing 2D-CT, 3DCM, Plugs and VR for patients with valve leak closures. The outcome demonstrates the different use cases of medical virtual…

14 augustus 2021

- European Heart Journal - Digital Health

The digital heart–lung unit: applications of exponential technology

Erasmus MC researchers explain how three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) could potentially contribute to the preoperative planning phase. This…

5 augustus 2021

- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Multidisciplinary Virtual 3D Planning of a Forequarter Amputation with Chest Wall Resection

A team of multi-center Erasmus MC surgeons consisting of thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons and neurosurgeons present a case of a 74-year-old male…

18 april 2021

- JTCVS Techniques

VR and AI for 3-dimensional planning of lung segmentectomies

A milestone first feasibility study on 10 patients. PulmoVR was successfully applied as a supplementary imaging tool to perform video-assisted…

15 maart 2021

- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy NL

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs wrote their opinion about Virtual Reality and mentioned PulmoVR as example in the health sector.

Secretary of State Mona Keijzer wrote about the Dutch Cabinet's opinion concerning Virtual Reality. Mona Keijzer mentioned PulmoVR as an example of…

3 december 2020

- European Heart Journal - Digital Health

CardioVR immersive 3D virtual reality imaging in planning minimally invasive and complex adult cardiac surgery

A second scientific publication about CardioVR in the European Heart Journal Digital Health investigated by ErasmusMC heart surgeons. Different cases…

23 november 2020

- Zorgvisie

How a blog lead to a break-through in the OR at Erasmus MC (Dutch only)

Cardiothoracic surgeons at Erasmus MC can now better prepare for their operations thanks to Virtual Reality in combination with artificial…

22 september 2020

- NOS

Lung cancer surgeries can be performed more accurately in VR, "A true revolution" (Dutch only)

NOS report on how PulmoVR is used for lung cancer surgery in the ErasmusMC. By converting CT scans into 3D models, adding an AI algorithm and…

19 september 2020

- European Heart Journal

CardioVR mentioned in a European Heart Journal Case Study

The first scientific publication where MedicalVR's added value is described for complex heart surgery. Read more about the case study about a Kawasaki…

7 september 2020