AR for IR
AUGMENTED REALITY FOR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
About Us

Current image-guided interventions are performed using 2D images. We are pushing the boundaries for planning and executing minimally invasive, image-guided procedures in 3D using augmented reality. Therapies and treatments no longer have to be limited by 2D images.
This idea was conceived years ago in the PIGI Lab, but AR technology wasn't ready at that time. We are spearheading the development and adoption of this innovation at Penn Medicine, OHSU, and VA Medical Centers to advance IR and improve patient care.
News
Presented at:
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Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2018
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Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2018 - 2nd Place Scientific Poster
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Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe 2018 - Cum Laude Educational Poster
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SIR 2019 - Abstract Resident/Fellow Honorable Mention
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American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2019 - Resident in Radiology Award
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Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO) 2019
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SIO 2020 - Best Guidance & Targeting Scientific Abstract Award
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SIIM 2020
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SIO 2021 - AI Hackathon Runner-up
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SIR 2021
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American Academy of Pediatrics 2021
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SIR 2023
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Publications
Park BJ, Shah S, Konik D, Lim JY, Huber T. An Ergonomic Holographic Procedural Monitor for Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Using a Mixed-Reality Headset. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Feb;34(2):307-310. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.10.027. Epub 2022 Oct 23. PMID: 36283593.
Li N, Wakim J, Koethe Y, Huber T, Schenning R, Gade TP, Hunt SJ, Park BJ. Multicenter assessment of augmented reality registration methods for image-guided interventions. Radiol Med. 2022 Aug;127(8):857-865. doi: 10.1007/s11547-022-01515-3. Epub 2022 Jun 23. PMID: 35737194.
Buch VP, Mensah-Brown KG, Germi JW, Park BJ, Madsen PJ, Borja AJ, Haldar D, Basenfelder P, Yoon JW, Schuster JM, Chen HI. Development of an Intraoperative Pipeline for Holographic Mixed Reality Visualization During Spinal Fusion Surgery. Surg Innov. 2021 Aug;28(4):427-437. doi: 10.1177/1553350620984339. Epub 2020 Dec 31. PMID: 33382008; PMCID: PMC8243385.
Park BJ, Hunt SJ, Nadolski GJ, Gade TP. Augmented reality improves procedural efficiency and reduces radiation dose for CT-guided lesion targeting: a phantom study using HoloLens 2. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 29;10(1):18620. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75676-4. PMID: 33122766; PMCID: PMC7596500.
Park BJ, Perkons NR, Profka E, Johnson O, Morley C, Appel S, Nadolski GJ, Hunt SJ, Gade TP. Three-Dimensional Augmented Reality Visualization Informs Locoregional Therapy in a Translational Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Oct;31(10):1612-1618.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.01.028. Epub 2020 Aug 18. PMID: 32826152; PMCID: PMC7541417.
Weeks JK, Pakpoor J, Park BJ, Robinson NJ, Rubinstein NA, Prouty SM, Nachiappan AC. Harnessing Augmented Reality and CT to Teach First-Year Medical Students Head and Neck Anatomy. Acad Radiol. 2021 Jun;28(6):871-876. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.07.008. Epub 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 32828663; PMCID: PMC8011826.
Andong Cao, Ali Dhanaliwala, Jianbo Shi, Terence P. Gade, Brian J. Park, "Image-based marker tracking and registration for intraoperative 3D image-guided interventions using augmented reality," Proc. SPIE 11318, Medical Imaging 2020: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications, 1131802 (2 March 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2550415
Park BJ, Hunt SJ, Martin C 3rd, Nadolski GJ, Wood BJ, Gade TP. Augmented and Mixed Reality: Technologies for Enhancing the Future of IR. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Jul;31(7):1074-1082. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.09.020. Epub 2020 Feb 13. PMID: 32061520; PMCID: PMC7311237.
Brian J. Park M.D., Stephen Hunt M.D., Gregory Nadolski M.D., Terence Gade M.D., "Registration methods to enable augmented reality-assisted 3D image-guided interventions," Proc. SPIE 11072, 15th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 110721A (28 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2533787
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Philadelphia, PA 19104