H2020-ICT-2016-2017/H2020-ICT-2016-1 Grant Agreement NUMBER — 731974 VOSTARS “Video Optical See-Through Augmented Reality surgical System”
- Project category EU Horizon 2020
- Lenght from 01.12.2016 to 30.11.2019
- Lab/Research Area Istituto di Management MAIN
- Expected funding €3 816 440
- Quota partner €250 188
- Project partner Università di Pisa
- Scientific Directors Giuseppe Turchetti
- SSSA involvement Partner
H2020-ICT-2016-2017/H2020-ICT-2016-1 Grant Agreement NUMBER — 731974 VOSTARS “Video Optical See-Through Augmented Reality surgical System”
Ente finanziatore: Commissione Europea
Responsabile Scientifico: Prof. Giuseppe Turchetti
Coordinator: UNIVERSITA DI PISA (UNIPI)
Type of action: IA
Duration in months: 36
Start date: 01/12/2016
Beneficiaries:
- SCOPIS GMBH (Scopis GmbH)
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (UNIBO)
- CHARITE - UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN (CHAR)
- SANKT GERTRAUDEN KRANKENHAUS GMBH (SGK)
- Optinvent (Optinvent SA)
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN (TUM)
- VREO Innovation (VREO Innovation) LTD
- COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (CEA)
- PILOTFISH GMBH (PILOTFISH GMBH)
- SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA (SSSA)
Max EU Contribution € 3.816.440.00
Budget SSSA € 250.187,50
Abstract: The idea of integrating the surgeon’s perceptive efficiency with the aid of new augmented reality (AR) visualization modalities has become a dominant topic of academic and industrial research in the medical domain since the 90’s. AR technology appeared to represent a significant development in the context of image-guided surgery (IGS).
The quality of the AR experience affects the degree of acceptance among physicians and it depends on how well the virtual content is integrated into the real world spatially, photometrically and temporally. In this regard, wearable systems based on head-mounted displays (HMDs), offer the most ergonomic and easily translatable solution for many surgeries.
Most of the AR HMDs fall into two categories according to the see-through paradigm they implement: video seethrough (VST) and optical see-through (OST) HMDs. In OST systems, the user’s direct view of the real world is augmented with the projection of virtual information into the user’s line of sight. Differently, in VST systems the virtual content is merged with images captured by two external cameras anchored to the visor. With respect to technological and human-factor issues, both the approaches have their own strengths and shortcomings. In this project, we identified in a hybrid OST/VST HMD, a disruptive solution for improving surgical outcomes.
The application driven device will be developed from existing systems and exploiting the knowhow acquired within the consortium on photonics KET technologies. The resulting device will undergo three clinical trials whose results will be fundamental towards a straight industrial exploitation comprising economic viability analysis.
Video-Optical See Through AR surgical System (VOSTARS) will be the first hybrid see-through HMD surgical navigator. Further, albeit VOSTARS will be specifically designed for medical procedures, its design is aimed to evolve into a multi-purpose AR platform for HMDs.