Glass Up

Some entrepeneurs from Italy are working on a similar device as the Google Glass. They decided to compete with Google and not stop their work. Check out the movie below to see what they are working on.

Kinect Brain Scan = Augmented Reality for Neurosurgeons

Fantastic Development of using Kinect to look inside the patient. Apparently, the SDK will become available soon. See the IEEE coverage or check-out the youtube movie.
Kinect Brain Scan = Augmented Reality for Neurosurgeons

The next step in augmented reality

Published at ISMAR conference 2012. This video shows first steps towards a Superman-like X-ray vision where a brain-computer interface (BCI) device and a gaze-tracker are used to allow the user controlling the augmented reality (AR) visualization. A BCI device is integrated into two medical AR systems. To assess the potential of this technology first feedback from medical doctors is gathered. While in this pilot study not the full range of available signals but only electromyographic signals are used, the medical doctors provided very positive feedback on the use of BCI for medical AR.

Google Glasses - Augmented reality of the future

Really fantastic how Google sees the world of tomorrow with a HUD displaying all kinds of information. Check out the movie on YouTube. Where are the applications in the medical field? In my opinion there are plenty! Now demonstration yet, but a more general movie, however it provides the general idea.

mirracle: An Augmented Reality Magic Mirror System for Anatomy Education

The people who developed Mirracle uploaded a new demonstration movie to Youtube, check it out!
The system uses the concept of an augmented reality magic mirror to create the illusion that the user has a kind of X-ray view into her own body. Such a system can e.g. be used for education of anatomy. It uses the Microsoft Kinect to estimate the position of the user. This work has been done by Tobias Blum and Nassir Navab from the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality (http://campar.in.tum.de/).

CAMP: Advanced Medical Imaging and Visualization Technology

Check out his movie on youtube. It shows some of the things they do at campTUM. The neat stuff is at the end where they show some augmented reality examples. Especially the one with the girl with her skull CT projected onto her face using augmented reality is fantastic. This could really work in medical practice.

MAR: Easy Visualization In-Situ

Fantastic, the future in the doctor's office

Mixed Reality in the Operating Theater

This group from Japan uses Osirix and a projector in the operating theater to project the three dimensional images obtain by pre-operative Computed Tomography onto the patient abdomen.
The authors claim that the image overlay surgical navigation system using OsiriX provided accurate image guided navigation for minimally invasive surgery.