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How virtual reality could help save your life

Surgeons of the general and visceral surgery at the Asklepios Hospital Hamburg-Barmbek, open the abdominal wall of a patient during liver surgery, one of the first surgeries of its kind in Germany with the support of a tablet computer to access and visualize planning data, in Hamburg August 15, 2013. The tablet computer uses augmented reality, which allows the liver to be filmed with an iPad and overlaid during an operation with virtual 3D models reconstructed from the real organ. Developed by Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, this procedure helps locate critical structures such as tumors and vessels and is expected to improve the quality of transferring pre-operational resection plans into actual surgery.     REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH) - BM2E98G1GFN01

Virtual or augmented reality can guide surgeons through complex medical procedures. Image: REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Michael Sen
Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG
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