XRnostics develops virtual reality software for planning surgical and transcatheter cardiac procedures. Their Heart VR tool offers clinicians rapid, immersive visualization and accurate virtual device placement for procedure optimization. This technology aims to improve patient care by enhancing efficiency in pre-operative planning without requiring 3D printing.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Planning surgical and interventional cardiac procedures relies on traditional imaging modalities that can be difficult to interpret and may not fully represent the complex 3D anatomy of the heart. This can lead to suboptimal device selection, increased procedure time, and potentially adverse patient outcomes. Current methods may also involve costly 3D printing or pre-segmentation of images, adding to workflow inefficiencies.
Solution
XRnostics offers Heart VR, a virtual reality-based tool designed to enhance the planning and execution of surgical and transcatheter cardiac procedures. The platform imports medical image volumes from modalities like CT, MRI, and 3D echo directly into a VR environment, eliminating the need for pre-segmentation. Clinicians can manipulate, measure, and analyze the dynamic motion within the VR environment to optimize device selection and placement. The immersive visualization facilitates improved communication, second opinions, and replay pre-processing, ultimately aiming to improve patient care and reduce resource utilization.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and imaging specialists involved in planning and performing structural heart procedures.
Features
- Imports medical image volumes from CT, MRI, and 3D echo directly into a virtual reality environment
- Allows clinicians to play/pause, manipulate, measure, and change rendering properties of the heart within VR
- Enables virtual device insertion and resizing for pre-operative planning
- Retains dynamic motion in all imaging modalities
- Facilitates session sharing for joint interactions and second opinions
- Eliminates the need for pre-segmentation of images
- Blood pool nulling to enhance visualization of vessel and chamber walls