In Hamburg was held one of the first surgeries using Augmented Reality technology. The medical team of Professor Karl Oldhafer did the surgery with the aid of a tablet, so surgeons viewing information on the planning of surgery and might have more control at the time of the procedure.

During surgery, the liver was shot by a tablet, which superimposed the body image in three dimensions on a similar model. This feature helps locate critical structures such as tumors and vessels.
In practice the process works as follows: they are made organ imaging before surgery, allowing a complete reconstruction of the image in 3D on the computer.
With Augmented Reality technology can project the image on the tablet screen on the images being filmed at the time of surgery, this enables the precise location of the parts to be fixed.