FOUNDED BY: Tuscany Region – POR FESR 2014 – 2020
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS:
- Orthokey Italia S.r.l. (Coordinator)
- Ma.Vi. S.r.l.
- Cresco Lab Srls
- University of Pisa
STARTING DATE: 03/08/2020
END DATE: 30/10/2022
The ambition of the ARTS 4.0 project, is to transform the surgical treatment of the future by combining cutting-edge technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), opto-electronic systems, and advanced software.
The ARTS4.0 project aims to engineer and test a wearable augmented reality (AR) viewer that is accurate and safe enough to guide the surgical procedure through a hybrid, OST-VST (Optical See Through and Video See Through) approach. ARTS4.0 will bridge the gap between the two existing approaches to wearable AR (Optical see-through and Video see-through) in a single device. A highly skilled and cost-effective solution for computer-assisted surgery that can deliver patient-specific information in AR directly to the operating theater.
This is a device designed around the users’ needs that will be capable of not only assisting but also “guiding” the surgeon’s eyes and hands during surgery. The expected benefits are: operational accuracy, safety, and decreased complications due to the procedure.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED: 362.600,15 €
UNIPI FUNDS RECEIVED: 75.304,96 €
The research activity has resulted in the following main publications in peer-reviewed journals and contributions in conference proceedings:
1. Carbone, Marina, Fabrizio Cutolo, Sara Condino, Laura Cercenelli, Renzo D’Amato, Giovanni Badiali, and Vincenzo Ferrari. “Architecture of a hybrid video/optical see-through head-mounted display-based augmented reality surgical navigation platform.” Information 13, no. 2 (2022): 81.
2. Cattari, Nadia, Sara Condino, Fabrizio Cutolo, Mauro Ferrari, and Vincenzo Ferrari. “In situ visualization for 3D ultrasound-guided interventions with augmented reality headset.” Bioengineering 8, no. 10 (2021): 131.
3. Cattari, Nadia, Sara Condino, Fabrizio Cutolo, Matteo Ghilli, Mauro Ferrari, and Vincenzo Ferrari. “Wearable AR and 3D ultrasound: Towards a novel way to guide surgical dissections.” IEEE Access 9 (2021): 156746-156757.
4. Carbone, Marina, Davide Domeneghetti, Fabrizio Cutolo, Renzo D’Amato, Emanuele Cigna, Paolo Domenico Parchi, Marco Gesi, Luca Morelli, Mauro Ferrari, and Vincenzo Ferrari. “Can Liquid Lenses Increase Depth of Field in Head Mounted Video See-Through Devices?.” Journal of Imaging 7, no. 8 (2021): 138.