The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) debuted the first virtual reality 360 (VR360) training video featuring interventional radiology being performed in practice during the SIR 2018 annual meeting in Los Angeles.
The one-hour movie was presented by the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and its editor-in-chief, Ziv J. Haskal, MD, University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.
In the video, Haskal and colleagues perform a TIPS procedure. SIR 2018 attendees were given special viewers to watch the video with their phones.
“Interventional radiology has always been on the forefront of modern medicine and VR360 is the cutting-edge of medical simulation, so this project embodies the innovative spirit of our specialty,” Haskal said in a prepared statement. “We took one of the hardest procedures we perform and created an all-enveloping, in-the-room VR film allowing an operating physician to return to any complex segment they wish for learning, review and perspective.”
A segment of the video can be viewed here.
More Radiology Business coverage of virtual reality in interventional radiology can be read here.
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