Check out these photos of a liver surgery in Germany which used an iPad to access and visualize planning data. An augmented reality app was used by doctors during surgery to overlay the liver with virtual 3D models reconstructed from the real organ, according to Reuters.
Developed by Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, this procedure helps locate critical structures such as tumors and vessels and is expected to improve the quality of transferring pre operational resection plans into actual surgery.
You can see photos taken during the surgery below.
*Warning: these photos may be disturbing to some readers.
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sbsettings - August 22, 2013 at 1:48pm
hope springboard did not crash haha
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BKing - August 21, 2013 at 8:23pm
Imaging doing that with Microsoft surface pro running win 8
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Raul - August 21, 2013 at 5:51pm
iPad-No fuss....just does its job thats meant to be done.
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Steve - August 21, 2013 at 5:48pm
I hope iPad battery was fully charged. :)
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Virgil - August 21, 2013 at 5:47pm
I wonder why Microsoft doesn't have the same news. They may need an IT professional to keep Windows working during the middle of the operation. All my Apple products together have rarely gone down since 2008. I only recall an issue once because of a Windows Boot Camp partition. Apple products just work.
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