In Memoriam: Ferenc A. Jolesz, MD, B. Leonard Holman Professor of Radiology.

December 31, 2014

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Department of Radiology mourn the passing of Ferenc A. Jolesz, MD, who died suddenly and unexpectedly.

Devices Integrate MRIs into Surgeries.

October 20, 2014

Boston Globe: Doctors like to see what they are doing, and so they love magnetic resonance imaging scanners. MRI machines let them look inside the human body to see damaged tissues or dangerous tumors.

10th Interventional MRI Symposium

October 11, 2014

This time we had nearly 300 participants and a distinct increase of the interest of the industry with 26 companies participating in the industrial exhibition.
The three industrial symposia were well attended (with more than 90 participants each) and received. The quality of the talks and posters were high and many new developments and results were presented. Read more...

The Fine Line Between Breast Cancer and Normal Tissues

September 22, 2014

BWH Press releases. Up to 40 percent of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery require additional operations because surgeons may fail to remove all the cancerous tissue in the initial operation. However, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have successfully tested a tool they developed that will help surgeons better distinguish cancerous breast tissue from normal tissue, thereby decreasing the chances for repeat operations.

The study is published online the week of September 22, 2014 in the Read more about The Fine Line Between Breast Cancer and Normal Tissues

MICCAI Tutorial: Building image-guidance systems from open-source components

September 18, 2014

This tutorial introduced the participants to best practices in prototyping image-guidance systems for minimally invasive interventions using open-source software tools. After completing this tutorial, participants will be able to build systems for various clinical applications with minimal effort, without any software development. Read more...

The 7th NCIGT and NIH Image Guided Therapy Workshop

September 18, 2014

The 7th Image Guided Therapy Workshop was successfully held at MIT with 109 registered attendees. The meeting was held in conjunction with MICCAI 2014. Read more...

IEEE EMBC Tutorial: Building image-guidance systems from open-source components. Chicago.

August 26, 2014

This tutorial will introduce the participants to best practices in prototyping image-guidance systems for minimally invasive interventions using open-source software tools. After completing this tutorial, participants will be able to build systems for various clinical applications with minimal effort, without any custom software development. Read more...