Image-guided neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute

The Image-guided Neurosurgery laboratory (IGNSL) at the Montreal Neurological Institute has developed a system aimed at optimizing and extending the utility of image-guidance in neurosurgery, through the integration of images from a variety of imaging modalities. Based upon the ISG Viewing-wand, it allows images incorporating functional, electrophysiological as well as anatomical data to be displayed, along with a representation of a hand-held probe, to the surgeon in the operating room during a surgical procedure. In addition the three-dimensional composite images may be presented to the surgeon stereoscopically in order to enhance the appreciation and quantitative assessment of the imaged volume.