title: High-tech tools transform the operating room.
abstract: This installment of our quarterly Clinical Management series examines how the hospital operating room is becoming a safer place for patients. Thanks to such technological breakthroughs as 3-D images, virtual patients and robots, surgeons can operate with more accuracy and efficiency.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008348:Manikins; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000639:trends*; D012371:Robotics / Q000193:education; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000639:trends*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D053443:Visible Human Projects