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State-ToEAfM-EtNhGAeGE-MaErNTt imaging allows doctors
to navigate inside brain with greater
precisionIT TRANSFORMATION

The Joint Department of Medical “We now have specialized equipment that matches the
world-leading expertise of our interventional neuro-
ItwmRoaEgnSienEwgA(pRJrDoCMcHedI)AuorNeffirDcoiaoIlmNlysNoapOteTVnoeArdoTnItOo N radiologists,” said Dr. Karl terBrugge, who helped
spearhead the project as Head of Neuroradiology at
Western Hospital (TWH), with biplane TWH.
angiography systems that produce “With this new technology we are able to see the brain
highly detailed views of the brain. in greater detail and access spaces that we are not
normally able to see, such as tiny blood vessels, and
UinstienrgvePnhtiiolinpaslAnlelMuurrIaoCC-HrlaaEdriiNtoylEoimgRiasItgNsinnTgoEwteGchRhanvAoeTltoIhgOeyN,ability perform treatments with tools that are no thicker than
the size of a strand of hair.”
to perform a new range of treatments for conditions
such as stroke, aneurysms and vascular conditions in Link to full story: click here.
the brain.

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