Image-guided neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Published in: IEEE engineering in medicine and biology magazine Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 67 - 73
• Main Authors: Dimaio, S.P., Archip, N., Hata, N., Talos, I.-F., Warfield, S.K., Majumdar, A., McDannold, N., Hynynen, K., Morrison, P.R., Wells, W.M.I.I.I., Kacher, D.F., Ellis, R.E., Golby, A.J., Black, P.M., Jolesz, F.A., Kikinis, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.09.2006; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Ablation; Biology; Brain Neoplasms - surgery; Equipment Design; Hospitals; Humans; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Medical treatment; Minimally invasive surgery; Navigation; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Procedures - instrumentation; Neurosurgical Procedures - methods; Robots; Surgery; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Therapy; Thrust; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Utah; Visualization; Utah
• ISSN: 0739-5175; 1937-4186
• DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2006.1705749

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