Mixed-Reality Intraoperative Localization of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Head and Neck Melanoma
Overview:
Advised by Dr. Fred Baik, Dr. Bruce Daniel and my lovely lab peers at Stanford, I have designed a MR/AR system to help medical trainees accurately locate the location of sentinel lympth nodes in neck from PET/MRI scans. Highly accurate results were obtained from 5 cadaver studies. This work is being submitted to the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (co-first).
Why Important?
Using a probe to detect radioactive signals is confusing and not easy to use. Besides, surgeons have to constantly rotate their head to read the signal intro-opratively. This augmented reality approach is convinient, user-friendly, and more accurate.
Skills:
Cadaver Handeling (lots of blood/liquid), UWP, Unity 3D, Data Analysis, Research Coordination.