Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction

Smith, L. N.; Farooq, A. R.; Smith, M. L.; Ivanov, I. E.; Orlando, A.

Abstract

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Remote consultations that are realistic enough to be useful medically offer considerable clinical, logistical and cost benefits. Despite advances in virtual reality and vision hardware and software, these benefits are currently often unrealised. Method: The proposed approach combines high spatial and temporal resolution 3D and 2D machine vision with virtual reality techniques, in order to develop new environments and instruments that will enable realistic remote consultations and the generation of new types of useful clinical data. Results: New types of clinical data have been generated for skin analysis and respiration measurement; and the combination of 3D with 2D data was found to offer potential for the generation of realistic virtual consultations. Conclusion: An innovative combination of high resolution machine vision data and virtual reality online methods, promises to provide advanced functionality and significant medical benefits, particularly in regions where populations are dispersed or access to clinicians is limited. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 10, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 20, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 25, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 20, 2017
• Journal: International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
• Print ISSN: 1478-5951
• Electronic ISSN: 1478-596X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: e1761
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1761
• Keywords: machine vision, remote medical consultancy/diagnosis, realistic interactive high-resolution 4D environments, capture of new types of clinical data, cancer, general surgery, plastic surgery, 3d imaging, computer assisted surgery, virtual reality, vision, s
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/886684
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1761
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Smith, L., Farooq, A., Smith, M., Ivanov, I. E. and Orlando, A. (2016) Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1761. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Jul 25, 2016