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mage guidance and enhanced CT scans have made patient care more per-
sonalized and precise, says Clare Tempany-Afdhal, MD, BAO, BCh, profes-
sor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and chair of radiology research
at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. But will working with near-
real-time images of patients' anatomy become the standard of care? "Of
course," she says, as if the question is rhetorical. "It's inevitable. We're eventual-
ly going to have high-performance imaging platforms everywhere."
Some surgeons who perform intricate procedures already think state-of-the-
art imaging is essential, and seek out facilities that realize imaging's future
The Very Real Benefits of
Real-Time Imaging
Working with constantly updated pictures of anatomy
allows for safer, more efficient surgery.
Daniel Cook
Executive Editor
z SET UP FOR SUCCESS Complex spine
procedures are never easy, but real-time
imaging reduces some of the challenge.
Alan
Villavicencio,
MD
