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Open-source software development company Kitware landed Phase I Small Business Innovation Research funding to create an augmented reality visualization prototype for robot-assisted prostate surgery.
The Clifton Park, N.Y.-based company is slated to create a human/machine system that improves the safety and efficacy of robot-assisted prostate surgery.
Image-guided intervention research focuses on the development of innovative technologies that replace traditional surgery and invasive procedures with minimally invasive techniques that incorporate medical imaging to guide the intervention. Patients prefer these procedures to open surgeries because they typically cause less trauma to the body and result in faster recovery times. Technological advancements in medical imaging, registration algorithms, visualization technologies and tracking systems are the driving forces behind increasing adoption of these procedures by physicians.
