Over the past year, we have launched a number of new programs for several important conditions that are forwarding the mission of the Advanced Advanced Multimodality Multimodality Image Guided Operating Operating suite to demonstrate demonstrate that advanced imaging and image‐based…
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.…
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 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…
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.
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…
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...
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…
