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ArticleJournal of telemedicine and telecare2025

Telepresence for surgical assistance and training using eXtended reality during and after pandemic periods.

Eric L Wisotzky, Jean-Claude Rosenthal, Senna Meij, John van den Dobblesteen, Philipp Arens, Anna Hilsmann, Peter Eisert, Florian Cornelius Uecker, Armin Schneider

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Article in Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric L WisotzkyFraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute HHI, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5731-7058
Jean-Claude RosenthalFraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute HHI, Berlin, Germany.
Senna MeijDelft University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BioMechanical Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands.
John van den DobblesteenDelft University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BioMechanical Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands.
Philipp ArensDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7579-1300
Anna HilsmannFraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute HHI, Berlin, Germany.
Peter EisertFraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute HHI, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8378-4805
Florian Cornelius UeckerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Armin SchneiderMunich Surgical Imaging, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0981-0478
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEDelft University of Technology · NLJade University of Applied Sciences · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Existing challenges in surgical education (See one, do one, teach one) as well as the COVID-19 pandemic make it necessary to develop new ways for surgical training. Therefore, this work describes the implementation of a scalable remote solution called "TeleSTAR" using immersive, interactive and augmented reality elements which enhances surgical training in the operating room. The system uses a full digital surgical microscope in the context of Ear-Nose-Throat surgery. The microscope is equipped with a modular software augmented reality interface consisting an interactive annotation mode to mark anatomical landmarks using a touch device, an experimental intraoperative image-based stereo-spectral algorithm unit to measure anatomical details and highlight tissue characteristics. The new educational tool was evaluated and tested during the broadcast of three live XR-based three-dimensional cochlear implant surgeries. The system was able to scale to five different remote locations in parallel with low latency and offering a separate two-dimensional YouTube stream with a higher latency. In total more than 150 persons were trained including healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers and medical students.

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Augmented RealityCOVID-19Education, DistanceHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Telemedicineannotationsear–nose–throatlive streamingmixed realitypandemicsurgical trainingtelehealthTelepresence

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PMID37093788
PMCPMC11626847
OpenAlexW4366820245

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