Title :
Image-guided neurosurgery at Brigham and Women´s Hospital
Author :
Dimaio, Simon P. ; Archip, Neculai ; Hata, Nobuhiko ; Talos, Ion-Florin ; Warfield, Simon K. ; Majumdar, Amit ; McDannold, Nathan ; Hynynen, Kullervo ; Morrison, Paul R. ; Wells, William M., III ; Kacher, Daniel F. ; Ellis, Randy E. ; Golby, Alexandra J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Brigham & Women´´s Hosp., Boston, MA
Abstract :
In this article, we report efforts to integrate a number of state-of-the-art technologies for MRI-guided neurosurgery at the Brigham and Women´s Hospital (BWH) in Boston. These include advanced intraoperative imaging, image registration, visualization, navigation, minimally invasive ablative therapies, and robotics. This is part of a multidisciplinary Image-Guided Therapy Program that comprises several key research thrusts, including the surgical planning laboratory, magnetic resonance therapy (MRT), focused ultrasound surgery, thermal ablation, and neurosurgery
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; image registration; medical image processing; medical robotics; neurophysiology; surgery; Brigham and Women´s Hospital; MRI; advanced intraoperative imaging; focused ultrasound surgery; image registration; image-guided neurosurgery; magnetic resonance therapy; minimally invasive ablative therapies; multidisciplinary Image-Guided Therapy Program; navigation; robotics; surgical planning laboratory; thermal ablation; visualization; Hospitals; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical treatment; Minimally invasive surgery; Navigation; Neurosurgery; Robots; Ultrasonic imaging; Visualization;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEMB.2006.1705749
