Augmented reality technology is being used at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to help patients and clinicians visualise women’s health conditions such as endometriosis and prepare for surgical excision.
The technology offers a large-scale, close-up view of anatomically precise 3D models, aiding clinicians in explaining diagnoses or disease progression to patients, and improving understanding of complex women’s health conditions like deep infiltrating endometriosis and uterine fibroids.
Clinicians are able to interact with the model from their computer, enlarging specific regions to show disease impact, and illustrating precisely where areas of endometriosis will be excised during surgery.
Following a 2025 pilot funded by the trust’s charity, CW+, and the Friends of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the tech has now reportedly become part of standard practice.
In a video (below) shared to the trust’s social media accounts, Tom Bainton, consultant gynaecologist, said: “This technology is really evolving how we can support patient’s understanding of complex conditions like endometriosis.”
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