Division of Neurosurgery - UNC School of Medicine
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Computer Research
The computer science research section of the Division of Neurosurgery is involved in the development of new, computer-assisted methods for surgical planning and guidance. Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt has collaborated for many years with Computer Science, Radiology, Surgery, and Biostatistics in development of new software that can help in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple diseases. A major focus has been on vascular imaging, important to patients with tumors, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and other lesions that involve complex patterns of blood vessels. A second focus has been on the definition of tumors and AVMs. A third focus has been on guidance of endovascular operations-procedures in which treatment is given using a tube inserted into an artery. A fourth research area has been image-guided spine surgery. Our software has been licensed commercially, UNC Neurosurgery is a beta site for several major equipment manufacturers, and several companies donate new equipment as it is developed. UNC neurosurgery therefore can take advantage of both new and developing innovations in computer-guided therapy as well as the most up-to-date equipment in order to offer neurosurgical patients a high standard of care in a wide variety of areas. |
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