ARCollab: Towards Multi-User Interactive Cardiovascular Surgical Planning in Mobile Augmented Reality
<|reference_start|>ARCollab: Towards Multi-User Interactive Cardiovascular Surgical Planning in Mobile Augmented Reality: Surgical planning for congenital heart diseases requires a collaborative approach, traditionally involving the 3D-printing of physical heart models for inspection by surgeons and cardiologists. Recent advancements in mobile augmented reality (AR) technologies have offered a promising alternative, noted for their ease-of-use and portability. Despite this progress, there remains a gap in research exploring the use of multi-user mobile AR environments for facilitating collaborative cardiovascular surgical planning. We are developing ARCollab, an iOS AR application designed to allow multiple surgeons and cardiologists to interact with patient-specific 3D heart models in a shared environment. ARCollab allows surgeons and cardiologists to import heart models, perform gestures to manipulate the heart, and collaborate with other users without having to produce a physical heart model. We are excited by the potential for ARCollab to make long-term real-world impact, thanks to the ubiquity of iOS devices that will allow for ARCollab's easy distribution, deployment and adoption.<|reference_end|>
@article{mehta2024arcollab:,
    title={ARCollab: Towards Multi-User Interactive Cardiovascular Surgical
  Planning in Mobile Augmented Reality},
    author={Pratham Mehta, Harsha Karanth, Haoyang Yang, Timothy Slesnick, Fawwaz
  Shaw, Duen Horng Chau},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.05075},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2402.05075},
    primaryClass={cs.HC}
}