The Augmented and Virtual Reality in Oncology Lab    

Dedicated to improving targeted patient-centered medical care through the use of virtual and augmented reality

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Three-dimensional imaging techniques, such as CT or MRI, are crucial tools for the diagnosis of disease and for planning interventions such as surgery, or radiation delivery. However, current technology available for viewing these images relies on 2D on computer displays, making it unnecessarily challenging and time-consuming to interpret and manipulate the 3D information in these scans.

Chris Williams, PhD (medical physicist) and Kos Kovtun, MD (radiation oncologist) work at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute. They establised AVRO Lab because of the fundamental need to work with the increasing complexity of volumetric medical imaging.

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The team has developed a cutting-edge platform called DICOM VR for fast and efficient viewing and manipulation of standard 3D medical scans such as CT, MRI or ultrasound with the goal of one day creating safer radiation therapy and surgical plans for patients undergoing cancer treatment.

“The AVRO lab is unique in that we focus on using virtual reality to improve how we use medical data that we already acquire for every patient”, said Dr. Kovtun. “Our Lab’s goal is to create clinically relevant applications that will directly improve patient care. We welcome collaboration with industry and other institutions to realize the full potential of this technology.”

An Introduction to Viewing Medical Imaging
with DICOM VR

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