SEVILLA, 30 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The advanced center for clinical simulation in Granada de Iavante, the training and evaluation line of the Progreso y Salud Foundation of the Andalusian Regional Government Ministry of Health and Families, has hosted a scientific meeting organized by Microsoft on mixed reality applied to health field, which places it “at the forefront” in virtual reality applied to health.
As the Board explains in a press release, mixed reality technology combines the use of virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to create an environment where physical and virtual objects can interact in real time, an immersive technology has increasingly applications in the health sector.
The event brought together 25 experts from different centers of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA), including several managers, as well as representatives from the University of Granada (UGR) and the Health Technology Park (PTS), who have analyzed the incorporation of specific mixed reality devices, such as Microsoft HoloLens 2, to different training and care processes within the public health sector.
Specifically, cases of common uses have been reviewed, such as the use of mixed reality to explain to the patient what the diagnosis of their pathology is through the visualization of 3D medical images. Another of the cases reviewed has been its application to the preparation and performance of surgical interventions.
Thanks to this resource, the surgeon will be able to consult data, images and any medical material that has been included in the preparation process to be able to view it in the operating room, including the possibility of superimposing images on the patient, and even request remote assistance connecting with other specialists .
In the field of training, mixed reality offers the possibility of learning by interacting with real elements and through a set of holograms and virtual guides that allow assimilating all aspects of a specific procedure or technique. In addition, it is possible to carry out holoportation, that is, to share a virtual scene between several distant people.
Finally, the session concluded with a test of the Microsoft HoloLens so that attendees know first-hand the capabilities and real experience of this technology.
The director of Iavante, Armando Romanos, highlights the importance of the meeting as an opportunity to learn about the possibilities that cutting-edge technology offers to clinical practice. In his opinion, “Iavante is characterized by his constant search for the most innovative practices and technologies for their incorporation into the offer of training services that we offer to SSPA professionals”.
The Advanced Multifunctional Complex for Simulation and Technological Innovation (CMAT), the headquarters of the Iavante in Granada, has been the setting chosen for the development of this event due to its innovative facilities, the learning methodology it uses and the high level of teaching quality.
CMAT has become a benchmark center in training and evaluation through advanced clinical simulation methodologies, implementing state-of-the-art technology applied to medicine. In this way, the Granada complex has been the scene of numerous pioneering courses in Spain in the field of endovascular surgery through interventionism, ultrasound bronchoscopy, dialysis therapies, liver transplantation, asystole donation, 3D laparoscopy and robotic surgery, among others.
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