The latest technology of "mixed reality" The movement of utilizing the new corona in the medical field May 18 18:08
At medical sites that support the new coronavirus, trials have begun to reduce the burden by utilizing the latest technology called MR = mixed reality, which can project and operate stereoscopic images in the real world.
MR = Mixed Reality is the latest technology called "mixed reality" in Japanese.
You can use a special goggles to grasp the surroundings with a sensor, etc., and make a stereoscopic image stand out in the real world through a semi-transparent lens and operate it.
A university hospital at Imperial College London in the UK uses this technology to help patients infected with the new coronavirus.
One of the patient-facing medical teams wearing MR goggles makes direct contact with the patient, while other medical staff wait in a different room. To the waiting medical staff, the patient's condition is shared in real time through the camera mounted on the representative's goggles. At the same time, it was possible to send joint CT scan data of the patient to the representative goggles and to have a joint examination even if the team was away.
According to a university hospital, as a result of these efforts, the number of medical workers who are in direct contact with patients has been significantly reduced, the time spent in areas with high infection risk has been shortened by 80%, and the amount of necessary medical supplies has been reduced. is.
"This technology has enabled us to make doctor rounds more efficient because our technique is simple and not yet sophisticated," said James Kinross, senior instructor at Imperial College London. , I think we can do more with these technologies. "
Attempts to utilize MR in medical practice are being made in Japan.
At a research institute in Teikyo University in Tokyo, a demonstration experiment is being conducted with the aim of sending a CT image of a three-dimensional patient's lungs to a patient at a distant place through MR goggles and using it to explain the condition. ..
In an experiment conducted on May 27, the doctor and the patient were able to confirm the location of the inflammation with the wall in between.
If this technology spreads, even if the patient is in a region where there is no specialist, the doctors and patients can be seen in a more realistic manner by projecting each other's appearance on the goggles. Is expected to come.
Miki Sugimoto, Professor, Teikyo University's Okuniaga Research Institute, said, "It is no longer necessary for doctors and doctors to come in contact with each other. If there are cases that prove that these technologies can be used, it will help raise the level of medical care. I think. "