{"id":21256,"date":"2026-07-16T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/?p=21256"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:51:26","slug":"paperclip-ontrol-surgical-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/paperclip-ontrol-surgical-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Surgical Procedures from Anywhere in 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1872px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">During complex surgeries, having access to specialized clinical experts can make all the difference. But what if the expert is on another continent? A new joint study by researchers from the Cluster of Excellence CeTI and clinical partners showcases how Mixed Reality (MR) can replace flat 2D video feeds with an immersive, real-time 3D workspace\u2014allowing remote surgeons to guide local procedures with unprecedented precision.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The paper, titled <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"18\">&#8220;Surgical Telementoring in Mixed Reality&#8221;<\/b>, has been published in <i data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"126\">IEEE<\/i>. This highly interdisciplinary work was co-authored by <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"186\">Mats Ole Ellenberg, Katja Krug, Yichen Fan, Jens Krzywinski, Raimund Dachselt, Rayan Younis, Martin Wagner, J\u00fcrgen Weitz, Ariel Rodriguez, Gregor Just, Sebastian Bodenstedt, and Stefanie Speidel<\/b>\u2014uniting leading experts from the Interactive Media Lab Dresden, the Chair of Industrial Design Engineering, and the surgical departments of the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden.<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"5\">The Problem: The Visual Limits of Flat Video Telementoring<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Surgical telementoring\u2014where an experienced specialist remotely guides a local surgeon through an operation\u2014historically relied on traditional 2D video streams. However, flat screens fail to capture the spatial depth, complex physical anatomy, and physical layout of a real operating room.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Remote experts could only watch, point, or talk on a 2D monitor, making intuitive, real-time spatial guidance incredibly difficult. Under high-pressure surgical conditions, this lack of spatial depth can lead to communication lag and precision errors.<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"8\">Research Highlights: Transforming the Operating Room into a 3D Canvas<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">To bridge the physical distance, the research team designed an immersive telementoring framework that leverages the power of Mixed Reality:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">From 2D to 3D Workspaces:<\/b> Instead of looking at a flat video, remote experts are placed in a fully interactive 3D digital duplicate of the surgical environment, allowing them to perceive depth, angles, and spatial relationships intuitively.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Immersive Annotations:<\/b> The system enables the remote mentor to place precise 3D visual markers, guides, or virtual tools directly into the local surgeon&#8217;s field of view via MR headsets, facilitating instantaneous, clear guidance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">User-Centered Design:<\/b> By combining the expertise of human-computer interaction (HCI) researchers, industrial designers, and practicing clinical surgeons, the platform was tailored directly to the ergonomic and cognitive demands of highly intense operating rooms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"11\">The CeTI &amp; Digital Health Impact<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">In high-stakes environments like digital medicine and telesurgery, the human-in-the-loop concept is central. This research demonstrates how human expertise and high-tech spatial computing can merge to bypass geographical borders.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">By allowing top-tier surgeons to virtually step into any operating room worldwide and guide procedures in real time, this technology democratizes specialized healthcare, optimizes patient outcomes, and lays a vital foundation for the future of global, connected medicine.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"15\"><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">The research is published in the IEEE library. Dive into the system architecture, clinical evaluations, and design methodologies <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10972717\/authors#authors\"><strong>hier.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"17,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Authors:<\/b> Mats Ole Ellenberg, Katja Krug, Yichen Fan, Jens Krzywinski, Raimund Dachselt, Rayan Younis, Martin Wagner, J\u00fcrgen Weitz, Ariel Rodriguez, Gregor Just, Sebastian Bodenstedt, and Stefanie Speidel<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17,1,0\"><i data-path-to-node=\"17,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">This work represents a breakthrough in digital health and spatial computing, developed collaboratively at the Technische Universit\u00e4t Dresden.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[287],"tags":[291,290],"related-event-category":[],"class_list":["post-21256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paperclip","tag-m3","tag-u1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21321,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256\/revisions\/21321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21256"},{"taxonomy":"related-event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-event-category?post=21256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}