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promise is rapidly becoming
today's reality.
Powerful drivers
KentuckyOne Health in
Louisville recently added an
integrated OR to its neuro-
surgery service line, which
includes complex spine proce-
dures. "We're involved in edu-
cating the next generation of
surgeons," says Warren B.
Boling, MD, FAANS, FRCSC,
FRACS, a neurosurgeon in the
health system. "Part of that
responsibility is to have high-
quality videos immediately available during surgery."
Dr. Boling says enhanced intraoperative imaging has been the driver of surgi-
cal advances. "As computers get faster and faster, and technology can fit in
smaller boxes," he explains, "we're able to do amazing things with imaging."
Imaging upgrades in the OR can be used in real time and integrated into
image-guidance platforms. "That means we can do more complex procedures
through smaller openings to expand the horizon of minimally invasive surgery,"
says Dr. Boling.
"There's no doubt the speed of transmission and ability to move large data
sets have improved enormously," says Dr. Tempany-Afdhal, who's also the co-
director of the National Center for Image Guided Therapy. "That's moving the
whole evolution forward. It takes extraordinary software tools to manage the
images and navigate through them."
Surgeons are comparing images of anatomy taken a month before surgery
z SHOWING THE WAY Surgical navigation will become the
standard of care during intricate cases, some experts believe.
