An undated handout image shows a 360 view of Dr. Shafi Ahmed’s operating room. Last month, Ahmed took the first steps towards creating that program by making a 360-degree video of an operation.

By dragging the video, you can look around the room down onto the operating table. (Caution: some readers may find images of surgery graphic.) “It gives direct access to operations,” said ...

Bringing Virtual Anatomy to the Operating Room Apr 04, 2015 at 8:21 AM EDT A 3-D medical imaging platform could make diagnosis faster, better and easier.

The images can be recorded and later reviewed, or they can be streamed live onto screens outside of the operating room. Initially the virtual reality technology was used mainly for brain surgery ...

Accredited surgical training is now offered in virtual reality, capitalizing on the power of 4K, 360 degree immersive technology. Medicine has long struggled to find economical and ethical ways to ...

Now, spatial computing is moving into the operating room. "Spatial computing technology is the use of digital images and objects that are placed in physical space," said Dr. Ryan Broderick ...

Image Credits:PRImageFactory (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Bill Gates-backed Vicarious Surgical adds a virtual reality twist to robots in the operating room Jonathan Shieber ...

The future of surgery is here and is happening at the Mayo Clinic as it debuts new virtual operating rooms. They have cutting edge technology that they hope will mean better treatment for patients.

The system also generates virtual images similar to traditional slides that ... Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Speedy and Unerring, A.I. Comes to the Operating Room. Order ...

The Novarad system projects a patient’s CT scan on the outside of their body. (Courtesy Novarad) Virtual reality is making its way to the operating room, and it’s one of a few new tools ...

Virtual surgery used in this manner has also been limited by technology, as most computers available to surgeons for this work can do little more than render relatively crude images of tissue ...