  Augmented Reality (AR) systems add visual information to the world by using
advanced display techniques. The advances in miniaturization and reduced costs
make some of these systems feasible for applications in a wide set of fields.
We present a potential component of the cyber infrastructure for the operating
room of the future; a distributed AR based software-hardware system that allows
real-time visualization of 3D lung dynamics superimposed directly on the
patient's body. Several emergency events (e.g. closed and tension pneumothorax)
and surgical procedures related to the lung (e.g. lung transplantation, lung
volume reduction surgery, surgical treatment of lung infections, lung cancer
surgery) could benefit from the proposed prototype.
