SonoWand Invite™ - a major advantage in Intraoperative Imaging and Navigation
Introduction to SonoWand Invite™ (Video)
The SonoWand Invite™ has been designed to perform highly precise neuronavigation regardless of brain shift and anatomical manipulation during surgery. The system allows the surgeon to identify and distinguish lesions from normal brain tissue and surrounding landmarks in a real time, 3 dimensional view. Intraoperative imaging eliminates the challenge of brain shift and provides medical professionals with the confidence to safely guide surgical instruments to the region of interest. Updated 3D ultrasound volumes can be created at any time during surgery. It takes less than thirty seconds to perform an ultrasound scan to acquire a new 3D volume, and it is available for navigation in less than a minute. This feature allows detailed control of the progress of the surgery. Resection control of malignant brain tumors represents a main clinical application of the SonoWand Invite™.
SonoWand Value Proposition (PDF)
SonoWand Invite screen shot, clearly showing a glioma tumor (right). Corresponding slices in preoperative MRI is shown on the left. (Image courtesy of St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway)
