LapAR

LapAR

In July 2017, metraTec received the notification of grant for the start of the R&D project “Augmented Reality supported 3D laparoscopy (LapAR)”. Since then, the company has been researching new methods to support minimally invasive operations using “Augmented Reality” together with 2tainment GmbH and the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. For this purpose, important information such as the position of a tumor should be displayed directly in the 3D image for the surgeon during a laparoscopic intervention.

metraTec’s task in the project is, on the one hand, to localize the laparoscope, which is important for displaying the data. The use of motion sensors and methods of “optical flow” should be tested for their suitability. On the other hand, the target region must be localized, which is to be done with the help of magnetic tracking.

Three employees are involved in the project and it will be carried out in the period from July 2017 to September 2020. The project is funded as part of the “Research and Development” funding program with funds from the European Union together with the investment bank of Saxony-Anhalt.