Mobile Virtual Interactive Presence Capability for Combat Casualty Care

The ultimate goal of this research is to develop an augmented reality telemedicine system for military environments. The system will reconstruct the 3D poses of a casualty using monocular video streams, independent of the viewing perspectives and device characteristics of the camera. This pose will then be used to overlay anatomy and other medical information over the field medics view of the casualty. This will enable physicians to project expertise to the point of injury, assisting medics and combat lifesavers if making complex medical decisions and performing lifesaving interventions. If successful, this system will result in increased ability to save lives on the battlefield.