Case Study: Asklepios Klinik Altona achieves precise 3D‑guided surgeries and clearer patient education with Microsoft Azure

Asklepios Klinik Altona digitalizes patient education, operations, and doctors’ rounds

Asklepios Klinik Altona, a large German hospital treating over 95,000 patients annually, needed a way to make 2D imaging (X‑rays, CT, MRI) more useful for patient education, surgical planning, and doctors’ rounds. Clinicians found that patients struggled to understand traditional black‑and‑white scans and that surgeons relied heavily on experience to interpret images, limiting communication, precision, and efficiency across the standard care pathway.

The clinic partnered with apoQlar to combine Microsoft HoloLens mixed‑reality glasses, the cloud‑based VSI application on Azure, and Microsoft Cognitive Services to transform DICOM scans into interactive 3D holograms with Natural Rendering and millimeter‑accurate VSI Placement. Doctors can overlay, manipulate, and share holograms by voice and gesture (including telesurgery calls), access patient data and speech‑to‑text reporting during rounds, and, as a result, report clearer patient understanding, reduced preoperative uncertainty, improved surgical precision, lower complication risk, and streamlined workflows.

Asklepios Klinik Altona

Lars Gerhard Großterlinden

Senior Physician of The Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery, and Spinal Surgery