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Slide Show: Gorilla Gets a Brain Scan

A western lowland gorilla living at the Bronx Zoo gets an on-site MRI

By Coco Ballantyne | March 30, 2009 | 1

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Article: Slide Show: Gorilla Gets a Brain Scan » March 30, 2009

GORILLA GOES UNDER

Bronx Zoo veterinarian Stephanie James holds Fubo's breathing tube steady as he is transported to the Bobby Murcer Mobile MRI Unit. The tube delivered anesthesia and oxygen throughout the procedure, according to Paul Calle, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Zoological Health Program....[More]

FUBO IN THE TUBE

WCS veterinarians and technicians from the Brain Tumor Foundation and other groups perform an MRI on Fubo. The team was able get the gorilla's head inside the machine's magnetic tube by gently squeezing his shoulders....[More]

WHAT THE SCAN REVEALS

Daniel Jusza [ foreground ], operations manager for the MRI-on-wheels, examines Fubo's scan with technologist Daniel Genovese [ middle ] and WCS Veterinarian Jason Berg....[More]

GORILLA GOOD TO GO

Patrick Kelly, founder of the Brain Tumor Foundation [ top ], and Calle [ bottom ] examine Fubo's MRI image on the mobile unit's control room monitor....[More]

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