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Visit us at Booth # 1435 at the upcoming AANS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
The Exhibit hall will be open from May 2-5, 2010
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Clinical Tip
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Measure the amount of midline shift and/or the size of a bleed.
-Use the Linear Measurement tool, located under the Advanced Tool Box tab, to
Under the Advanced Tools tab, select the Linear Measurement tool with a left click.
-If the bleed is thin, zoom the image to a larger size. Without changing the mouse tool, a shortcut to zoom is easily done by pressing the keyboard (+) key while the mouse cursor is on the desired image.
-Use a point-to-point-click motion to draw a line and measure a structure. The line displays the numeric value in mm.
-The numeric value can be moved away from the attached line. Place the mouse cursor over the number; when the cursor changes icons from the ruler to a hand, grab and drag the number.
-To delete the measurement, click to highlight the line and press keyboard delete.
-To save the image with the measurement, use the Capture tool and left click on the image to screen capture the measurement.
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| NeuroLogica Corporation
14 Electronics Avenue
Danvers, MA 01923
P. 978.564.8500
F. 978.560.0602
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Dear Sang Lee,
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NeuroLogica Corporation continues to bring the power of imaging to the patient with our portable CT scanner, CereTom and the inSPira HD, portable high resolution SPECT scanner. We continue to strive and offer you the design and manufacturing of cutting edge imaging equipment that is easy to use and brings the power of imaging to the patient wherever they may be.
With 2009 ending and the new Spring year finally approaching, NeuroLogica looks forward to the future and our continuing mission to bring high quality medical imaging to all people regardless of where they live. Thank you for your interest in NeuroLogica and our latest endeavors. |
CereTom: Portable CT Scanner
Introduction of portable computed tomography scanners, in the treatment of acute stroke patients via telemedicine in remote communities
A. Shuaib, K. Khan, T. Whittaker, S. Amlani, and P. Crumley
Background: Thrombolysis is an established treatment in selected patients who present early to hospital after symptoms of acute ischaemic stroke. Treatment can only be offered after the patient has been assessed by highly trained physicians and imaging studies have ruled out a brain haemorrhage. This limits the wider availability of thrombolysis to patients in remote communities, especially in countries with limited resources. There has been considerable success with the use of TeleStroke to overcome such barriers. TeleStroke is feasible in remote hospitals provided there is an available computed tomography scanner, a fundamental prerequisite in the assessment of acute stroke and thrombolysis. This is a luxury not widely available, especially in remote sites. Recently, Neurologica introduced a portable computed tomography scanner that can be operated after minimal training.
Methods: We report our preliminary experience with the portable computed tomography scanner in a remote community where Telemedicine was successfully used to evaluate and treat patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of an acute ischaemic stroke. The University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, Canada was the 'hub' site and Wainwright Community Hospital was the 'spoke' site.
Results: Over a 3-month period, 18 patients were evaluated in the emergency department of the remote hospital where the referring physician felt that symptoms indicated potential for thrombolysis. All patients were evaluated remotely by a stroke neurologist in a TeleStroke service situated 207km from the rural site. After clinical examination, cranial computed tomography scans were obtained with the portable scanner and evaluated by the stroke neurologist. In three patients, thrombolysis was not offered because the computed tomography showed evidence of brain haemorrhage: two intracerebral haemorrhage and one subarachnoid haemorrhage. Three patients meeting the standard criteria received thrombolysis within 4.5 h from onset of symptoms. There was a significant improvement in two patients. One patient did not make a good recovery. Repeat computed tomography scans showed a small haemorrhagic transformation in one patient. In the remaining 12 subjects, symptoms improved rapidly,were outside the window for thrombolysis, or were not consistent with an acute ischaemic stroke.
Interpretations: Our preliminary study shows that the portable scanner can be used successfully in the evaluation of patients in remote regions that are not within timely reach of stroke experts or do not have available conventional imaging with computed tomography scans. Telemedicine, in combination with the use of portable scanners, offers hope to a large remote population base that would otherwise not have access to appropriate acute stroke treatment.
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Clinical Case Spotlight
Case Details
- 68 year old male admitted for metastatic tumor
Clinical Benefits
- Immediate confirmation of complete tumor resection
- No additional bleeding was identified
- Intraoperative CT confirmation reduced the possibility of a repeat surgery
CereTom Intraoperative Use
- DORO CereTom Skull Clamp with 150mm Radiolucent Arms
- Immediate preoperative CereTom scan to identify surgical roadmap
- CereTom roadmap images fused with preoperative MRI images immediately using Stealth surgical navigational system
- Intraoperative scan confirmed the complete resection of the tumor
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inSPira HD Portable High Resolution SPECT:
Now Available
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The inSPira HD is a battery powered, high resolution, portable SPECT designed  primarily for brain imaging. Its unique capabilities provide the highest quality SPECT images wherever needed, including the Clinic, ICU, OR and Emergency Department. inSPira HD is capable of imaging any radioisotope energies between 80 - 200 keV for clinical applications such as Epilepsy, Parkinson`s, Stroke and Alzheimer's Dementia. Features such as high resolution, convenience, portability, and versatility set the inSPira HD apart from any other SPECT imaging system available today.
Traditional systems whose basic principles have been around since the 1960`s continue to suffer from poor spatial and contrast resolution. This has led to the term "fuzzy" imaging with 5-10mm spatial resolution in any one axis. The inSPira HD is revolutionary because it presents an entirely new method of SPECT detection, acquisition, and reconstruction which has been designed to approach 3mm spatial resolution.
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