ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Virtual reality technology is making brain surgery safer and helping to explain complicated procedures to patients.
Neurosurgeons at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak are using Surgical Theater’s XR visualization platform to analyze and plan a patient’s case before surgery.
The technology combines 2D images from MRI and CT scans to create a virtual brain that allows doctors, patients, and their families to “fly” through it, using a VR headset. It also allows surgeons to plan and practice their surgeries.
One of the patients benefiting from the technology is 5-year-old Halyn Fromer. Halyn was born with a rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis.
“She has tumors on her brain, heart, and kidneys, and the brain…