Operator Software

The HoloLens-based Operator application loads the surgical plan generated by the Planner Software to visualise it as a 3-dimensional hologram, either for exploring the anatomy or to guide surgery in theatre.


Clinical Testing

Initial testing of accuracy in clinical use has been undertaken with the Department of Neurosurgery at Hull Royal Infirmary.

Further testing is due to be underway shortly using the latest version of the Operator software and the latest HoloLens 2 headset. Results from this will be published here in the first half of 2021.



Holographic Rendering

Our HoloLens-based Operator software application loads the surgical plan and renders the tissue, defined objects and points as a 3-dimensional hologram.

Visibility and transparency of skin and bone tissue layers and underlying structures can be changed through simple voice commands.



Review of Surgical Model

The hologram can be moved, scaled and rotated with simple hand gestures to visualise patient anatomy.

Axial, coronal and sagittal cuts can be displayed in-situ and dragged into position for combined interpretation with source imaging.



Registration to Patient

Using voice commands and a pointer the holographic head is ‘registered’ to be positioned to match the location of the patient's head to within 2mm surface point accuracy.

Using the pointer, intracranial structures can be located with feedback on their depth from the surface of the skin. This enables simple and accurate incision, burr hole, craniotomy, drain and ventricular catheter planning.

Example In-App Videos