HoloMed: A Low-Cost Gesture-Based Holographic

TL;DR

HoloMed is a low-cost, gesture-based holographic system designed for medical education, enabling interactive 3D visualization of obstetric procedures using accessible materials and natural user interfaces.

Contribution

The paper introduces a novel low-cost holographic system that integrates gesture recognition and web-based infrastructure for medical teaching applications.

Findings

Effective user position detection and response times

Successful 3D visualization of obstetric delivery

Demonstrated system's suitability for educational use

Abstract

During medicine studies, visualization of certain elements is common and indispensable in order to get more information about the way they work. Currently, we resort to the use of photographs -which are insufficient due to being static- or tests in patients, which can be invasive or even risky. Therefore, a low-cost approach is proposed by using a 3D visualization. This paper presents a holographic system built with low-cost materials for teaching obstetrics, where student interaction is performed by using voice and gestures. Our solution, which we called HoloMed, is focused on the projection of a euthocic normal delivery under a web-based infrastructure which also employs a Kinect. HoloMed is divided in three (3) essential modules: a gesture analyzer, a data server, and a holographic projection architecture, which can be executed in several interconnected computers using different network protocols. Tests used for determining the user's position, illumination factors, and response times, demonstrate HoloMed's effectiveness as a low-cost system for teaching, using a natural user interface and 3D images.