Saint Louis University Hospital has made a great investment in neuroscience equipment to ensure that patients have access to diagnostic and treatment tools through their continuum of care. A 64-slice positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) provide the physicians at SLU Hospital with sophisticated real-time brain imaging and diagnostic capabilities. Meanwhile, the CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery System and the latest in interventional radiology equipment in the angiography suite, as well as expertise in skull base surgery techniques, may allow physicians to provide patients with less-invasive treatment options. And, in the neuroscience realm of psychiatry, SLUCare physicians use technology to offer patients advanced treatment for chronic depression.

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“We are pleased with the level of technology and physician expertise that is available,” says Crystal Haynes, SLU Hospital chief executive officer. “We’ve invested heavily in our neuroscience program because we are lucky to have talented neurosurgeons who are interested in pushing the envelope in terms of what can be done to treat brain diseases and disorders.”