Towards Performing Ultrasound-Guided Needle Biopsies from within a Head-Mounted Display

Augmented reality is applied to ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the human breast. In a tracked stereoscopic head-mounted display, a physician sees the ultrasound imagery “emanating” from the transducer, properly registered with the patient and the biopsy needle. A physician has successfully used the system to guide a needle into a synthetic tumor within a breast phantom and examine a human patient in preparation for a cyst aspiration.

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