Surgical imaging suite opens at Albany Medical Center

| September 04, 2013 | Health Imaging | Practice Management

The BrainSuite, an intraoperative imaging suite housed in the Patient Pavilion at Albany Medical Center in New York, is set to become fully operational on Sept. 4. Recently the center hosted members of the media for a tour of the new facility.

BrainSuite consists of a pair of operating rooms and CT scanner, which can slide on a track into either room to help inform surgeons before, after or during procedures.

For a glimpse at the suite’s capabilities, check out the video from The Troy Record below featuring Alan S. Boulos, MD, chief of the division of neurosurgery at Albany Medical:

Read more about the BrainSuite from The Record at the following link:

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