Brigham and Women’s Hospital Opens Innovative Operating Room
The surgical suite is the first of its kind in the world and will facilitate improvements in surgical and interventional care. Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has begun providing care to patients in the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) suite.…
True ‘AMIGOS’
On her way into the operating room, Laura Albanese wasn’t frightened about undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor. Instead, she was confident, feeling as though she were surrounded by friends. “It was like we were Charlie’s Angels, a force…
The The 4th NCIGT and NIH Image Guided Therapy Workshopth NCIGT and NIH Image Guided Therapy Workshop
The 4th Image Guided Therapy Workshop was successfully held on October 12-13, 2011 in Arlington, VA, with 115 registered attendees from the NIH funded research community. The topic for this workshop is "Advanced Imaging Technologies and Methods for Image Guided Therapy" and the goal is…
Unveiling of the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) Suite
Friends of AMIGO Newsletter, Issue 2. BWH Unveils “Unprecedented Opportunity and One-Of-A-Kind Setting”. On May 4, 2011, Brigham and Women’s leapt into the future of image guided therapy with the much anticipated unveiling of the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating Suite (AMIGO) suite.
BWH Unveils New AMIGO Suite
On May 4, BWH unveiled the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) Suite, which gives interventional radiologists and surgeons immediate access to a full array of advanced imaging modalities for use during multiple procedures. The integrated, 5,700-square-foot area is divided…
Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) Suite
Friends of AMIGO Newsletter, Issue 1: Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating Suite (AMIGO) is a patient-friendly environment where physicians and engineers, surgeons and radiologists all work closely together. More...
NCIGT Press Release: The National Center for Image Guided Therapy at BWH Receives Renewed Funding from NIH
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed funding for the National Center for Image Guided Therapy (NCIGT) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). The five-year, $15 million P41 grant will allow the center to continue its work focused on…
The 3rd Annual Image-Guided Therapy Workshop
The 3rd Image Guided Therapy Workshop was successfully held on March 8-9, 2010, in Arlington, VA. The Workshop is sponsored by the National Center for Image-Guided Therapy (NCIGT) and the National Institute of Health (NIH), this workshop focused on Multimodal Imaging in the Operating Room.…