Mixed-Reality Aided System for Glioblastoma Resection Surgery using Microsoft HoloLens

Glioblastoma is the most common and primary type of brain cancer. A surgical intervention is the first treatment as it improves the prognosis of the patient. Unfortunately, this type of tumor is aggressive, and difficult to remove completely, which makes the resection surgery more challenging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most used screening technique for brain cancer diagnosis and surgery planning as it provides detailed information about the tumor's location and size. In this paper, we propose a system for the reconstruction of three-dimensional brain models containing a glioblastoma tumors using the Microsoft headset HoloLens. The developed mixed-reality system projects and overlaps the 3D brain model from the MRI images onto the patient's head during the surgery. This system has the potential to simplify the surgery, reduce the surgery high-risk, increase the resection precision, and help remove the tumor tissue as much as possible.