Holocare Hopes To Bring New Dimensions To Surgical Planning

 
• By Barnaby Pickering

The company has developed a method to convert DICOM images into 3D holograms that can be projected onto VR headsets. Medtech Insight caught up with CEO Alison Sundset to find out how Holocare is paving the way for a more integrated, collaborative form of pre-surgical planning.

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Since its inception in 2016, Holocare has been working on a VR-integrated platform that will enable surgeons and clinicians to better plan surgery.

The platform takes standard format DICOM images – from MRI or CT machines – and processes them into 3D models. These models are then displayed as a hologram on a...

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