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New Technology at Le Bonheur Children's Provides Insight to Complex Brain Disorders

Published in Medical Device Business Week, October 10th, 2007

New technology at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center will allow physicians to map children's brains to better understand and treat neurological conditions such as autism, epilepsy and brain tumors. The hospital is the third pediatric medical center in the country to house a magnetocephalography (MEG) laboratory.

"The opportunity to have the MEG laboratory based in our growing Neuroscience Institute at Le Bonheur will allow us to take better care of children with complex brain problems in Memphis and all of the surrounding states," said Dr. James Wheless, director of Le Bonheur's Neuroscience Institute and Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and division chief of pediatric...

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