UCL Peach Reality

Website overview

This website was meant to serve as a general introduction to the project and a development log for the second iteration of PEACH Reality project. Here you will find information about the background of the project and the team of developers working on it, as well as summary of research done, experiments conducted and prototypes produced.

Aims of the project

The main aim of UCL Peach Reality project is to show that virtual and augmented reality have feasible applications in various medical fields. This is achieved by producing proof-of-concept implementations of various systems used to solve real world problems encountered in medicine. Some of the concepts for said systems are summarised below.

• Issues addressed by MSc team of Summer 2016:
  • Visualisation of 3D models produced from DICOM images using VR headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
  • Data visualisation in virtual reality.
• Issues addressed by undergraduate team of 2016/2017 (our team):
  • Seamless integration of mixed reality technologies into medical workflow.
  • Production of a system for storage, processing, analysis and annotation of CT scan data in 3 componenets:
    • Web application, used to import data into the system and manage holographic patient cases.
    • API server, used to for data persistence, CT scan and 3D model conversion and processing.
    • Microsoft HoloLens application, used for analysis and annotation of anatomical 3D in mixed reality.

Final solution overview

For detailed information on the final solution, please consult the Prototypes section on this website.

Project source code

All of the source code is hosted on GitLab. There are 2 Git repositories: The main repository holds source code of all HoloLens experiments and prototypes, as well as source code of this website. The web app repository holds the source code and relevant documentation for the frontend web app and backend API.