Leica Microsystems ARveo 8 digital visualisation microscope

The ARveo 8 digital visualisation microscope unites information from AR fluorescence and IGS systems feeds, with an aim to provide enhanced visualisation for informed and precise neurosurgery.

Leica Microsystems’ EnhancePath concept for future upgradeability and system compatibility of the ARveo 8 provides a way to evolve into the digital future of neurosurgery.

Features and benefits include: fast processing and an intuitive graphical user interface; enhanced visualisation by adding layers of information to the microscope image, allowing neurosurgeons to obtain more information while operating on a patient; and the ability to combine optics, pre- and intraoperative imaging and augmented reality fluorescence.

The GLOW augmented reality (AR) ecosystem results in a fully synchronised, real-time, augmented view of the surgical field, while the GLOW800 AR fluorescence and ICG enable users to observe cerebral anatomy in natural colour, augmented by real-time vascular flow, with full depth perception. When combined with ICG, GLOW800 AR fluorescence allows users to observe cerebral anatomy and blood flow in white light.

The fluorescence module FL400 is used during open neurosurgery in conjunction with the active substance 5 aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA). It supports resection by allowing differentiation of tumour tissue from healthy brain tissue.