Time is Brain
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Time is Brain
Perfusion CT technology developed by Western University professor and Lawson Health Research Institute scientist, Ting-Yim Lee, in 1999 has been licensed worldwide to GE Healthcare, helping doctors immediately track blood flow to the brain after stroke – saving time and lives. Nearly every stroke patient in the world benefits from this technology.
Western University
Founded in 1878, we deliver ‘The Western Experience’, an exemplary learning experience that engages the best and brightest people challenging them to meet ever-higher standards in the classroom and beyond.
We inform every dimension of a student – intellectual, social, cultural as well as physical. From our home in London, Ont., Canada, outward across every continent, Western prepares future leaders to succeed.
