Delhi: IBS hospital gets first of its kind 'brain mapping device'

New Delhi: A Delhi-based hospital, IBS hospital recently launched the first of its kind "brain mapping device" in the country with a combination of research and cutting-edge technology.

With the advent of such personalised brain mapping, treatment for a brain tumour and other brain surgeries have become much safer and due to the accuracy, damage to important brain areas can be avoided, it said in a statement.

"In a first-of-its-kind technology to be launched, with a combination of decades of research with cutting edge technology, IBS Hospitals today launched first brain mapping device – connectomics/ quicktome in the country," the private hospital claimed. 

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Quicktome uses sophisticated algorithms to analyse millions of data points and build a brain map – personalised to each patient — from a standard, non-invasive MRI scan. The maps, which doctors can view on their computers, offer a level of anatomical detail typically not available in a clinical setting, allowing surgeons to incorporate advanced brain network data into neurosurgical planning, it added. 

"This pathbreaking technology is paving the way to not only potentially treat a plethora of ailments pertaining to the brain functioning, pre and post-operatively, but also to retrieve to its normal functioning," Dr Sachin Kandhari, neurosurgeon and managing director of the hospital was quoted as saying in the statement. 

Established in the year 2011, IBS Hospitals have managed to create a niche in providing advanced medical care in the field of neurosciences. The Hospital specializes in advanced neurology, neurosurgery, spine surgery, and joint replacement surgeries. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that In a move to provide major relief to the patients waiting for surgeries, Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital had decided to prolong the timings of its Operation Theatre (OT) from 8 am to 6 pm to cater to more patients. The new working hours shall be applicable from August 22, 2022, onwards.

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