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Augmented Reality as a Telemedicine Platform for Remote Procedural Training

Traditionally, rural areas in many countries are limited by a lack of access to health care due to the inherent challenges associated with recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. Telemedicine, which uses communication technology to deliver medical services over distance, is an economi...

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Autores principales: Wang, Shiyao, Parsons, Michael, Stone-McLean, Jordan, Rogers, Peter, Boyd, Sarah, Hoover, Kristopher, Meruvia-Pastor, Oscar, Gong, Minglun, Smith, Andrew
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28994720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17102294
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author Wang, Shiyao
Parsons, Michael
Stone-McLean, Jordan
Rogers, Peter
Boyd, Sarah
Hoover, Kristopher
Meruvia-Pastor, Oscar
Gong, Minglun
Smith, Andrew
author_facet Wang, Shiyao
Parsons, Michael
Stone-McLean, Jordan
Rogers, Peter
Boyd, Sarah
Hoover, Kristopher
Meruvia-Pastor, Oscar
Gong, Minglun
Smith, Andrew
author_sort Wang, Shiyao
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description Traditionally, rural areas in many countries are limited by a lack of access to health care due to the inherent challenges associated with recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. Telemedicine, which uses communication technology to deliver medical services over distance, is an economical and potentially effective way to address this problem. In this research, we develop a new telepresence application using an Augmented Reality (AR) system. We explore the use of the Microsoft HoloLens to facilitate and enhance remote medical training. Intrinsic advantages of AR systems enable remote learners to perform complex medical procedures such as Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) without visual interference. This research uses the HoloLens to capture the first-person view of a simulated rural emergency room (ER) through mixed reality capture (MRC) and serves as a novel telemedicine platform with remote pointing capabilities. The mentor’s hand gestures are captured using a Leap Motion and virtually displayed in the AR space of the HoloLens. To explore the feasibility of the developed platform, twelve novice medical trainees were guided by a mentor through a simulated ultrasound exploration in a trauma scenario, as part of a pilot user study. The study explores the utility of the system from the trainees, mentor, and objective observers’ perspectives and compares the findings to that of a more traditional multi-camera telemedicine solution. The results obtained provide valuable insight and guidance for the development of an AR-supported telemedicine platform.
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spelling pubmed-56767222017-11-17 Augmented Reality as a Telemedicine Platform for Remote Procedural Training Wang, Shiyao Parsons, Michael Stone-McLean, Jordan Rogers, Peter Boyd, Sarah Hoover, Kristopher Meruvia-Pastor, Oscar Gong, Minglun Smith, Andrew Sensors (Basel) Article Traditionally, rural areas in many countries are limited by a lack of access to health care due to the inherent challenges associated with recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. Telemedicine, which uses communication technology to deliver medical services over distance, is an economical and potentially effective way to address this problem. In this research, we develop a new telepresence application using an Augmented Reality (AR) system. We explore the use of the Microsoft HoloLens to facilitate and enhance remote medical training. Intrinsic advantages of AR systems enable remote learners to perform complex medical procedures such as Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) without visual interference. This research uses the HoloLens to capture the first-person view of a simulated rural emergency room (ER) through mixed reality capture (MRC) and serves as a novel telemedicine platform with remote pointing capabilities. The mentor’s hand gestures are captured using a Leap Motion and virtually displayed in the AR space of the HoloLens. To explore the feasibility of the developed platform, twelve novice medical trainees were guided by a mentor through a simulated ultrasound exploration in a trauma scenario, as part of a pilot user study. The study explores the utility of the system from the trainees, mentor, and objective observers’ perspectives and compares the findings to that of a more traditional multi-camera telemedicine solution. The results obtained provide valuable insight and guidance for the development of an AR-supported telemedicine platform. MDPI 2017-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5676722/ /pubmed/28994720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17102294 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676722/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17102294
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