How augmented reality could guide facial reconstruction surgeries

A Japanese research team has created an augmented reality (AR) system that allows them to create 3D simulations of facial reconstructive procedure results, projecting the images over a patient’s face during surgery.

Researchers at Osaka Medical College in Japan reported that they have developed and tested the AR system for evaluating improvements of the body surface, according to a news release from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Wolters Kluwer Health. They used it in eight different cases and found that AR could be a helpful guide to planning, performing and evaluating the results of facial reconstruction surgeries.

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