Brainlab's Mixed Reality Viewer in use at a hospital, with two individuals viewing a cranial image

Mixed Reality Viewer for Functional NeurosurgeryVisualize
functional clinical
plans in 3D

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Bring 3D perspectives into functional neurosurgery case review. The Mixed Reality Viewer1 is a technology that produces hyper-realistic 3D patient data. In the context of the Brainlab Functional Neurosurgery portfolio, the Mixed Reality Viewer combined with the Magic Leap 2 provides a 3D visualization of functional clinical plans that include patient-specific anatomical objects, 3D electrode geometry models and white matter tractography.

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Accurate 3D visualizationfor detailed planning review

The Mixed Reality Viewer is designed to clearly display detailed patient anatomy in 3D. For complex functional neurosurgery procedures like epilepsy treatment as well as deep brain stimulation implantation, this enables medical professionals to easily collaborate, formulate and discuss plans as well as evaluate critical structures before and after surgery.

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Accessible & immersive learning opportunitiesfor medical students

With the Mixed Reality Viewer, medical students and residents have access to a tool that allows them to apply their theoretical knowledge in an immersive 3D environment to better understand patient pathologies. For functional neurosurgery, trainee surgeons can further explore complex topics including the interaction between basal ganglia structures.

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Informativepatient consultation

Medical professionals can utilize the Mixed Reality Viewer while informing patients that will undergo a functional neurosurgical procedure. The detailed 3D visualization empowers patients to gain a deeper understanding of the procedure.

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Functional Neurosurgery features in mixed reality

The formulation of plans for invasive diagnostics and treatments, like planning electrodes, has become a multi-disciplinary collaboration. While surgical plans can be prepared with specific Elements applications, mixed reality is an approach that offers an advanced way of viewing the number of electrodes placed and, importantly, understanding the best coverage for the cortex and deeper structures.

Mixed reality for epilepsy sEEG planning review

  • Rotate the patient scans to analyze the cortex for collisions of electrodes.

  • Visualize the degree of cortex coverage and major investigative areas (e.g., hippocampus, amygdala).

  • Overlay and scroll through 2D data using a trajectory view to minimize vessel collision. Repeat for all potential electrodes.

  • Position the patient in a lateral manner to review a single hemisphere.

Illustration of mixed reality used for reviewing sEEG planning in epilepsy cases

Mixed reality for epilepsy sEEG analysis – resection planning review

  • Scroll through the relationship of contact location and anatomy during sEEG analysis.

  • Utilize the 3D cortex view to hypothesize potential resection.

  • Visualize DTI tractography to better understand the relationship between patient anatomy and resection areas.

  • Benefit from having a 3D model and data enrichment on a navigation system intraoperatively.

Showcasing the Mixed Reality Viewer for Stereoelectroencephalography

Mixed reality for deep brain stimulation

  • Deep brain stimulation requires the careful planning of implanted leads and the optimization of stimulation parameters. When formulating patient-specific stimulation plans, programming clinicians carefully consider the position of the implanted electrode in the context of the patient’s anatomy in 3D.

  • Mixed reality offers a new way to understand and visualize the stimulation field model (SFM) in relation to patient anatomy.

Showcasing the Mixed Reality Viewer in Functional Neurosurgery

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Move patient data from the screen to reality

With a single click and a glance, your room is digitized for spatial computing. Images are transferred from the Elements Viewer software on screen into the room in front of you with the help of the Magic Leap spatial computing platform.

Start with a click

A single click on the Elements Viewer software opens up the world of mixed reality and a new, immersive way to understand patient data.

Elements Viewer software on a laptop screen

Customizable hardware features

Cameras in the Magic Leap 2 scan and map the room, allowing 3D models and 2D slices to be displayed according to the surgeon’s preference.

Person wearing Magic Leap 2 - Mixed Reality Viewer by Brainlab

Assess, interact, learn

The virtual pointer makes it easy to interact with and highlight the image data and anatomical structures.

Virtual Pointer in use with the Mixed Reality Viewer, highlighting image data and anatomical structures
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Easy integration into unique
clinical workflows

Illustration: a visual representation of brain anatomy and an arrow indicating how to start the Elements Viewer

1. Start Elements Viewer

Access patient data from PACS and load it into the Elements Viewer

Illustration of the Magic Leap 2 headset

2. Boot your Magic Leap Device

Boot your Magic Leap 2 headset and connect it to WiFi

Illustration of a laptop with a QR code on the screen

3. Scan QR Code

Scan the QR code on the screen with your headset

Illustration: a visual representation of brain anatomy and a controller indicating to step into an immersive 3D model using the Mixed Reality Viewer

4. Step into an immersive 3D model

Dive into patient data and interact with both virtual 2D images and 3D models

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  1. Not yet commercially available in several countries. Please contact your sales representative.

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