An augmented reality measurement tool for clinical procedures

Ali Dhanaliwala; Jonathon Wakim; Ganesh Krishnamurthy; Terence Gade

doi:10.1117/12.2612406

7 March 2022 An augmented reality measurement tool for clinical procedures

Ali Dhanaliwala, Jonathon Wakim, Ganesh Krishnamurthy, Terence Gade

Proceedings Volume 11931, Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) III; 1193105 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612406
Event: SPIE AR VR MR, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

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Augmented/mixed reality has many potential applications in the medical field. We sought to determine whether a mixed reality ruler capable of measuring the distance between a user’s fingers is sufficiently accurate for making measurements during clinical procedures. A custom virtual ruler application was deployed to the Microsoft HoloLens headset. The custom app calculates the linear distance between the user's fingers. The accuracy of the virtual ruler was tested under various conditions including room brightness and background textures. A set of wires of known length were measured with the virtual ruler. The accuracy of the virtual ruler was dependent on the measurement length. Measurements between 2-15 cm had an error less than 0.5 cm, between 15-30 cm had an error less than 1 cm, and between 30-50 cm had an error less than 1.6 cm. A mixed reality based hand-ruler is sufficiently accurate for making measurements during maximally sterile clinical procedures.

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Ali Dhanaliwala, Jonathon Wakim, Ganesh Krishnamurthy, and Terence Gade "An augmented reality measurement tool for clinical procedures", Proc. SPIE 11931, Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) III, 1193105 (7 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612406

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