The massively popular Android and iPhone game, , has put augmented reality (AR) front and center in the public consciousness. But AR is not that new: healthcare technologies began incorporating it several years ago.
Here is a sampling of AR products out there or coming in the near future:
- helps providers locate patients' veins more accurately for injections
- is helping those with impaired vision to see
- is working to teach life skills to children and adults on the autism spectrum
- allows healthcare professionals to demonstrate how certain conditions impede eyesight
- lets physicians demonstrate their plans for a surgery
- is aimed at improving individuals' overall physical/mental health and well-being using AR technologies
- is a dental app that uses virtual and augmented reality for educational purposes
- (in development) superimposes relevant patient contours onto real-time camerage feeds of patients undergoing radiation therapy
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visualizes detailed bone structures and organ systems when the device is pointed at special downloaded templates
- And , despite being discontinued, continues to play a vital role in the development of many of the AR applications in the medical field
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