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Real-Time MR-Guided Neurosurgical Interventions

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Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Abstract

The remote therapeutic manipulation of an invisible, intracranial target, monitored with real-time imaging, has long been a dream shared by generations of neurosurgeons. Several attempts toward this goal undertaken by neurosurgeons in the past were limited by the technical constraints of neuroimaging. The recent advent of open-configuration MRI systems seems to permit the implementation of strategies to overcome these limitations. The dream of remote therapeutic manipulation of intracranial lesions under real-time image guidance has come close to its realization.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    R. Bernays MD

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    S. Kollias MD

  3. MRI Center, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    B. J. Romanowski RT (Research Coordinator)

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  1. Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie MR Zentrum, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Rämistraße 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Jörg F. Debatin (Leitender Arzt) (Leitender Arzt)

  2. Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Klinikum der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52057, Aachen, Germany

    Gerhard Adam

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Bernays, R., Kollias, S., Romanowski, B.J. (1998). Real-Time MR-Guided Neurosurgical Interventions. In: Debatin, J.F., Adam, G. (eds) Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60272-6_18

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