Hololens -- to see inside Children's hearts....

Not Santa's tool to see if they're really good, but for surgeons.

If you ever had any doubt about near-eye displays being something that is going to be a HUGE new technology impact, put it to rest now.

MVIS is still the best near eye display.  (The best one I have seen that isn't Microvision is in the Hololens they're showing around, but I have seen better.)



UK Telegraph
Children’s heart surgeons will use “hologram” goggles to see inside patients’ bodies while they carry out life-saving operations.

The devices - using similar technology to 3D gaming headsets - will help medics to carry out the most delicate procedures.

The plans, drawn up by one of the UK’s largest children’s hospitals, will allow doctors to see images of the heart, guiding them so they can operate with maximum precision.

The ground-breaking agreement involving Alder Hey children’s hospital and Microsoft, will see technology called HoloLens employed in operating theatres.

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Experts at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) conference in Munich said the technology was a major step forward, which would improve safety and accuracy of operations.

Professor Martin Cowie, from Imperial College London, chairman of the ESC digital health committee, likened it to using Sat Nav to guide surgeons instead of relying on an AA map.
He said: “This is a big step forward. This will lead to more accurate and safer operations, particularly in complex cases. Every patient is different from the textbook, so it is hard to visualise their heart during surgery.

“This technology is real progress,” he said, suggesting it could be rolled out across the NHS in the next decade.

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In many cases, the heart has already stopped, in order for us to operate,” he said. He said the NHS needed to do far more to make use of an “explosion” in technology.
The smart glasses are not just limited to improving heart operations, and can aid medics in a wide range of procedures.