Studies

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…