Augmented reality tool shown to help surgeons remotely guide first responders in battlefield-like scenarios

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 11:10 in Health & Medicine

War zones can be too far from operating rooms, preventing soldiers from receiving the surgery they need fast enough. A Purdue University-led study is the first to show medics successfully performing surgery in life-like simulations of these war zones by receiving guidance from surgeons through an augmented reality headset. The work is joint with Purdue’s […]

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