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Functional MRI in Image Guided Neurosurgery

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Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Abstract

The principal goal of neurosurgical procedures on the cerebral cortex is to accurately localize and maximally resect lesions or abnormal tissue. An intimate knowledge of eloquent cortical regions which may be damaged during surgery is therefore a prerequisite for safe cortical neurosurgery. Identifying functionally important areas of the cortex during surgery can be aided by a priori knowledge of cortical functional organization, but is subject to inaccuracy caused by individual variations in anatomy and displacement of normal structures by pathological lesions. Consequently, several cortical mapping techniques have been established to facilitate safe and effective cortical resections.

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  1. Canadian Research Chair in Neuroscience (Tier 1), 399 Bathurst St. WW 4-447, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Andres M. Lozano (Professor of Surgery and RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute President, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery) (Professor of Surgery and RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute President, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)

  2. Houston Stereotactic Concepts, Inc., 2260 West Holcombe Boulevard Suite 309, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA

    Philip L. Gildenberg

  3. University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst St. WW 4-447, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Ronald R. Tasker

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Sankar, T., Cosgrove, G.R. (2009). Functional MRI in Image Guided Neurosurgery. In: Lozano, A.M., Gildenberg, P.L., Tasker, R.R. (eds) Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69960-6_20

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