Clinical Functional MRI : Presurgical Functional Neuroimaging
- Author
- C. Stippich
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has contributed significantly to progress in neuroscience by permitting noninvasive imaging of the "human brain at work" under physiological conditions. Within clinical neuroimaging, fMRI is opening up a new diagnostic field by measuring and visualizing brain function. However, fMRI is not yet a standard diagnostic imaging procedure. This textbook is devoted to preoperative fMRI in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies, which are the most well-established clinical applications. By localizing and lateralizing specific brain functions in individual patients, as well as epileptogenic zones, fMRI facilitates the selection of a safe treatment and the planning and performance of function-preserving neurosurgery.
Keywords: Medicine / Epilepsie / FMRI / Tumor / Brain tumors / Epilepsy / Functional neuroimaging / Neurosurgery
