EchoPixel Augmented Reality allows doctors to examine patients' organs in 3D

The EchoPixel company has developed a technology that allows doctors to study the internal structure of patients in 3D based on scans obtained by computed tomography . Instead of the usual two-dimensional sections, specialists get access to an interactive three-dimensional environment.

The doctor can study the structure of the patient’s organs on the screen of a special monitor with the help of augmented reality 3D glasses and a stylus that allows manipulating virtual organs in three-dimensional space.


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Part of interest (tumor, polyp, tissue damage) can be twisted and viewed from all sides. At the same time, information from scans can be processed for convenience - for example, zoom in and out, or even print a selected section of tissue or organ on a 3D printer in order to study it physically.

An increase will especially help when searching for problems in the body of babies. Clinical tests of technology have shown that doctors managed to find with its help 90% more congenital heart defects, having spent on it 40% less time. It also makes it much easier to select the tools that will be used during surgery. For example, the average time for the selection of the diameter of the stent (tubes inserted into the ducts to prevent their blockage) was reduced from 40 minutes to 2.

Due to the fact that instead of a virtual reality helmet, augmented reality glasses are used, the surgeon can use the system directly during the operation, without removing the glasses, and periodically casting glances at the monitor. In the future, the company assumes the use of technology as a remote manipulator for robots that will make cuts and other actions with great precision, while the surgeon will manage them using actions on a virtual model.



The startup received funding of $ 5.8 million. He offers his technology to everyone on a subscription, which costs $ 25,000 per year.

EchoPixel has already received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, and are now working on obtaining licenses in European and Asian countries.