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MR Tractography for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

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Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology

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Surgical resection of brain tumors involving the so-called eloquent areas remains challenging, and various adjunct strategies have been employed to improve patient outcomes, including awake surgery, intraoperative navigation systems, and intraoperative electrical and chronic intracranial electrical stimulation. It has been also suggested that preservation of cortical as well as subcortical function is critical for improved outcomes. With the advent of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, it is now possible to visualize the white matter fibers of the brain with diffusion tensor images (DTI), a technique also known as fiber-tracking or tractography [1–5].

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  1. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cyo, Kawaramachi Hirokoji Sagaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

    Kei Yamada, Osamu Kizu & Tsunehiko Nishimura

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan

    Tetsuo Kanno M.D., Ph.D. (Professor) & Yoko Kato M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Professor) &  (Associate Professor)

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Yamada, K., Kizu, O., Nishimura, T. (2006). MR Tractography for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. In: Kanno, T., Kato, Y. (eds) Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-28576-8_9

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