National Center for Image-Guided Therapy

The National Center for Image Guided Therapy (NCIGT) is an NIH funded Biomedical Technology Resource Center. The NCIGT serves as a national resource for all aspects of research into medical procedures enhanced by imaging, with the common goal of providing more effective patient care.

Based at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, the NCIGT is lead by Ferenc A. Jolesz M.D. and Clare Tempany M.D. and includes the work of more than one hundred physicians, scientists, and technical staff members.

In the Spotlight

New Treatment Bubbles Up from Old Imaging Technology

The Spotlight article in the May 13, 2008 issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin features Focused Ultrasound and the NCIGT Clinical workshop.

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First International MRgFUS Symposium 2008

October 6-7, Washington DC. The meeting is of interest to researchers, clinicians, managers, educators and commentators, and will provide a comprehensive overview of this rapidly evolving field.

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