Articles: neuronavigation.
Showing all 784 articles tagged:
-
Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Aug 2014
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of motor and language for preoperative planning of neurosurgical procedures adjacent to functional areas.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for motor and language mapping is used for presurgical planning. This study aimed to evaluate the value of fMRI in clinical routine for preoperative planning of brain surgery adjacent to functional brain areas. ⋯ fMRI for clinical routine is a reliable and rapid method for identification of functional brain areas prior to brain surgery adjacent to functional areas. This method allows direct monitoring of the data quality and visualization without being time consuming. Knowledge about the relation of functional areas to the brain lesions improves the preoperative planning, the operation strategy and decision making with patients.