telesurgery
A medical technology developed by SRI International that allows a surgeon to operate long distance. By combining advances in imaging, video, robotics and sensory devices, the system gives doctors the full sensory experience of hands-on surgery. Wearing a pair of specially polarized glasses and sitting before a console showing a high-resolution 3D image of the patient, the surgeon is actually doing the operation. Also called "telepresence surgery." See telemedicine, telepresence and robotic surgery.
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| The surgeon (top) is watching the patient and manipulating the instruments as if he were in the operating room. The operation (below) is assisted by a doctor who does not have the same skill level as the primary surgeon. (Images courtesy of SRI International.) |
