AR/MR Needle Guide

About us

We are a research team in Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University. We are challenging the possibility of new medicine using AR/MR.
私たちは東京女子医科大学放射線医学講座画像診断学・核医学分野の研究チームです。AR/MRを用いた新たな医学の可能性に挑戦しています。

Sep 2 2022. Awarded at the 21th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Medical Virtual Reality.
Awarded at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society
Awarded at the 20th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Medical Virtual Reality
第21回日本VR医学会学術大会において、奨励賞を受賞しました。
第80回日本医学放射線学会総会においてCyPos賞（Bronze Medal）を受賞しました。
第20回日本VR医学会学術大会において優勝賞を受賞しました。

May 19 2022. 'AR Puncture' was released on App store for iOS.
Jan 29 2022. 'AR Needle Guide for Android (AR Puncture)' was released on Google Play Store.
Nov 7 2021. AR vProtractor was released for iOS.
Nov 4 2021. MR Needle Guide was released at Microsoft Store.
Sep 30 2021. AR Needle Guide was awarded at the 20th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Medical Virtual Reality.
July 30 2021. AR Needle Guide 2.0 was released at App Store for iOS.
Apr 18 2021. AR Needle Guide was awarded at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society.
Apr 8 2021. AR Needle Guide 1.0 was released at App Store for iOS.
Apr 1 2021. We launched this site.

Suzuki K and Sakai S. Agreement Between Augmented Reality and Computed Tomography Coordinate Systems: A New Approach to an Image-Guided Procedure. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering (2023) doi: 10.1007/s40846-023-00820-0
Suzuki K, Morita S, Endo K, Yamamoto T, and Sakai S. Noncontact measurement of puncture needle angle using augmented reality technology in computed tomography-guided biopsy: stereotactic coordinate design and accuracy evaluation. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s11548-022-02572-9.
Morita S, Suzuki K, Yamamoto T, Kunihara M, Hashimoto H, Ito K, Fujii S, Ohya J, Masamune K, and Sakai S. Mixed Reality Needle Guidance Application on Smartglasses Without Pre-procedural CT Image Import with Manually Matching Coordinate Systems. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 2022 doi: 10.1007/s00270-021-03029-3.
Suzuki K, Morita S, Endo K, Yamamoto T, Fujii S, Ohya J, Masamune K, Sakai S. Learning effectiveness of using augmented reality technology in central venous access procedure: an experiment using phantom and head-mounted display. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2021 Jun;16(6):1069-1074. doi: 10.1007/s11548-021-02365-6.