Video Overview

New Dimensions in Medical Imaging:
The Role of Virtual Reality in Neurosurgery

American Association of Neurological Surgeons 74th Annual Meeting
Satellite Symposium, San Francisco, CA, April 2006

Symposium segments are listed chronologically. Click on the topic of your choice to view the video.

I. Introduction   (6:50)
Joseph Balogh
General Manager
Volume Interactions, USA

II. Planning the Surgical Approach to Suprasellar Meningioma   (21:27)
Ralf Kockro, MD
VP and Medical Affairs Director
Volume Interactions Pte Ltd., Singapore

III. Case Study 1: 3D Surgical Planning with Dextroscope   (11:57)
Ivan Ng, MBBS, FRCS
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Head, Department of Neurosurgery
National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

IV. Case Study 2: Intraventricular Tumor   (6:43)
Gordon H. Baltuch, MD, PhD, FRCS(C)
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Penn Neurological Institute
Director, Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

V. Case Study 3: Large Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm   (10:24)
Charles J. Prestigiacomo, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

VI. Case Study 4: Pediatric Tumor   (9:48)
Jeffrey E. Catrambone, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director, Pediatric Neurotrauma
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

VII. The Role of Virtual Reality in Neurosurgery   (7:35)
Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Lacroute-Hearst Professor, Neurosurgery
Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA

VIII. Question and Answer Session   (11:23)