Canon Medical Systems Italy is developing high-quality virtual reality (VR)
technology in a unique and pioneering project to facilitate learning in the medical field.
Towards addressing the extreme challenges that healthcare now faces, Canon Medical Italy is continually striving to find new ways to assist healthcare professionals in accordance with our "
Made for Life", philosophy to improve the quality of life through innovation.
Teaching and learning methods evolve rapidly in an increasingly connected and digital world. With this in mind, Canon Medical Systems Italy has combined two outstanding Canon technologies – Canon Medical’s
Aplio i-series Prism Edition ultrasound scanner and Canon’s EOS VR System.
The EOS VR System is based on a Dual Fisheye lens and enables stereoscopic 3D 180° VR to be recorded for video production with a single camera and sensor. The system has already been used to create unique, high quality and immersive experiences for applications in museums, travel, manufacturing, sporting events and schools. Now, Canon Medical Italy has extended its application to healthcare.
In the immersive experiences, the user can explore how the Aplio system moves and acquires an understanding of what the plane looks like, as well as how it is obtained by moving and positioning the probe. The objectives of using VR in this context are to attract young doctors to the discipline and facilitate their learning process.
The first VR experience has been developed together with Canon Italy and
Fondazione SIRM (the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology).