J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
2025 Mar;68(2):137-149. 10.3340/jkns.2024.0160.
Envisioning the Future of the Neurosurgical Operating Room with the Concept of the Medical Metaverse
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- 3Neuro-Oncology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- KMID: 2565272
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2024.0160
Abstract
- The medical metaverse can be defined as a virtual spatiotemporal framework wherein higher-dimensional medical information is generated, exchanged, and utilized through communication among medical personnel or patients. This occurs through the integration of cutting-edge technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, and others. We can envision a future neurosurgical operating room that utilizes such medical metaverse concept such as shared extended reality (AR/VR) of surgical field, AI-powered intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, and real-time intraoperative tissue diagnosis. The future neurosurgical operation room will evolve into a true medical metaverse where participants of surgery can communicate in overlapping virtual layers of surgery, monitoring, and diagnosis.
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