Pre-operative Planning in Virtual Reality with Head Mounted Displays for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Master Thesis

Collaboration between the Visual Computing Department of the RWTH Aachen and the Oral and Maxillofacial derpartment of the University Hospital Aachen

Use only natural hand gestures like grabbing and pointing for usability

Most common procedures can be played out on visualized medical imaging of patients

Ability to save planned procedures and view / share them

Planned procedures can be viewed while operating in Augmented Reality

Reduced time and strain on surgeons in the preparation phase for surgery

  • PlatformVirtual Reality / HTC Vive / Valve Index Knuckles
  • StackUnity, C#, SteamVR 2.0
  • Virtual Operating Theatre
  • Virtual Patient Overview

  • Procedure Planning Demonstration

  • Training Planned Procedure Demonstration

  • Visualization Tools Demonstration