The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX has worked with Body Viz from Visual Medical Solutions, LLC, TeraRecon, Mechdyne, Circle Twelve, Fovia, and NEC Corporation of America to create “Plato’s Cave”. The system uses 3-dimensional CT and MRI Scans of patients to create an interactive volume-visualization that can be viewed in true-3D with special glasses.
With a video game controller, physicians visualize or “travel” under the skin, swooping past bones and surfing the bloodstream to the exact location requiring surgery or closer examination. Viewing a holographic image of the body through special glasses, physicians can then create more precise treatment plans for patients undergoing radiation therapy and surgery.
“This technology enables us to combine data from CT, MRI and PET scans and channel them into a single computer to generate one clear, comprehensive image,” said Dr. E. Brian Butler, Chairman of Radiation Oncology at The Methodist Hospital in Houston and creator of “Plato’s Cave.” “The 3-D images allow us to view inside the patient, something we‘ve been unable to do outside of surgery—until now.”
A few videos of the system can be viewed at the Methodist Health Website.
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