The DextroBeam: a stereoscopic presentation system for volumetric medical data

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002:85:478-84.

Abstract

This paper describes an interaction system called the DextroBeam designed for manipulating objects in 3D space while looking at a 3D stereoscopic display located in front of the user. Three-dimensional interaction is two-handed and is achieved by means of a stylus with a single button or switch. We have been planning several neurosurgical cases with the DextroBeam, including the separation of Nepalese Siamese twins in April 2001, and have conducted a course on surgery of the Temporal Bone (as part of the 9th ASEAN ORL Head and Neck Congress in Singapore, March 2001).

MeSH terms

  • Brain / abnormalities
  • Brain / surgery
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Craniotomy / instrumentation
  • Data Display*
  • Depth Perception*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Nepal
  • Neuronavigation / instrumentation*
  • Patient Care Team
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Singapore
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Twins, Conjoined / surgery
  • User-Computer Interface*