At Salem Hospital, a robot can now help detect lung cancer
Dr. Brandon Tieu’s eyes flicked between three screens as he followed a virtual blue path through a maze of dark tunnels. His controls, one for each hand, were an oversized scroll wheel to move forward, and a ball that he could roll to turn in any direction.
Tieu compared it to playing “Centipede.” But this wasn’t a video game. It was a lung surgery demonstration.
His patient during the May 30 event at Salem Hospital…
