BrainLAB introduces VectorVision flex

Image-guided system developer BrainLAB unveiled the VectorVision flex, a navigation platform for image-guide surgery coupled with a high-resolution display, at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons this week in Orlando, Fla.

The VectorVision flex offers components that can be used independently or integrated with one another to address a hospital’s needs, according to the Munich, Germany-based BrainLAB.

Navigation can be conducted from within or outside of the sterile field; intra-operative imaging capabilities can be expanded with ultrasound, C-arm, iMRI and iCT integration; and collaboration and utilization can be enhanced through the company’s iPlan Net remote treatment planning and additional network connected its installed Digital Lightbox units.

PACS functionality is offered via DICOM Query/Retrieve capabilities with the system, BrainLAB said.

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