In the beginning was virtual reality. We have now moved on to "immersive reality“. The difference is both in the tech, and in the effect on the user. The latest discovery in this field has the ability to directly involve the senses of the subject, isolating him from the stimuli of the real environment to the point of deceiving his cognitive resources and making him act as if he were really elsewhere.
Thanks to the network 5G di TIM, Professor George Palazzini was in this way teleported live from Rome to the operating room of theSanta Maria hospital in Terni for a major surgery, coordinated by Professor Chang Ming Huang of Fujian Medical University in Fuzhon.
The operation was followed by over 30 specialists and surgeons from all over the world live multi-streaming mode on the occasion of the 30th International Congress of digestive system surgery, taking place at the Auditorium Massimo in Rome.
This is a European record that was made possible thanks to the very high quality of the video communication in 4K and the immediacy of immersive reality, guaranteed by the low latency of 5G.
The instrumentation adopted consists of three cameras, of which a special a 360° very high definition, installed in the hospital operating room and in simultaneous transmission. Interactivity was ensured by the same "immersive" technology that allows you to observe both the patient's biometric data, being able to zoom in and select the details of interest, as well as - always in a single view - the shot of the patient's internal organ (thanks to the laparoscopic camera also connected to the network).
“Thanks to the 5G Digital Business Platform, TIM's innovative platform that enables digital services,” he said Elizabeth Romano, Chief Innovation & Partnership Officer of TIM – and the specific characteristics of 5G together with robotics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Medical Things, challenging scenarios are being defined and TIM wants to make its contribution to the growth of the country and extend knowledge and state-of-the-art techniques available in this field to the greatest number of people”.
This extraordinary experience demonstrates how 5G represents an important tool capable of improve daily life and enable significant clinical progress in the healthcare ecosystem, to help disseminate the most advanced treatment techniques, for the sharing of data useful for the training of surgeons and researchers.
