The GE Innova 3131 is the newest piece of equipment at the Delray Medical Center Neuroscience Center.

It cost the Delray Medical Center $3 million to install, but hospital officials said the GE Innova 3131 is an important piece of equipment that can be used in stroke treatment and aneurysm intervention. Pristine images are helping the Neuroscience Center staff move small medical devices to capture 3-D images used in interventional, neurovascular, cardiovascular and electrophysiology imaging.

“We have a whole team made up of techs, nurses and doctors involved in the process. It’s a team and everyone has a role,” Delray Medical Center Imaging Director Theresa Griffith said.

The GE Innova 3131 has its own large room in the Neuroscience Center at the Delray Medical Center. The large device is anchored in the middle of the room; offshoots of the room are filled with doctors and techs monitoring computer imaging screens.

Delray Medical Center Chief Operating Officer Jeff Welch said the benefit to patients is that the state-of-the-art GE Innova 3131 equipment is minimally invasive, safer and gets the patients back to normal lives quicker.

“This was important for us to invest in,” Welch said.

Doctors using the GE Innova 3131 agree. Interventional Neurologist Dr. Ali Malek came over from St. Mary’s Medical Center to work in the GE Innova 3131 Neuroscience Center.

“The specialized images I’m seeing are cutting edge. The picture quality is outstanding,” Malek said.

For more information call Delray Medical Center at 561-498-4440 or visit www.delraymedicalctr.com

Doctors and technicians can monitor a patient by way of a variety of state-of-the-art screens in the neuroscience center.