Augmented Reality iPad App Guides Surgeons During Tumor Removal, Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing Study

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Tablets and smartphones have found surprisingly many uses in medicine, from expected applications that provide clinical information to ones that measure important angles during orthopedic procedures. A new iPad app from Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Germany is using augmented reality technology to help surgeons excise liver tumors without damaging critical vessels within the organ.

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