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The initial attempts at intraoperative image guidance and imaging dates back to early 1980s. Since then Neuronavigation and intraoperative imaging technologies were developed in parallel. This works aims at summarizing the developments and giving an insider's view into the beginning stage of these technologies. The successes and obstacles encountered in the first few decades are relayed from the angle of one of the initial developers.
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I especially would like to thank Christopher Nimsky for his fundamental work in this field, he as well as other quoted authors are contributors of this book.
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Fahlbusch, R. (2011). Development of Intraoperative MRI: A Personal Journey. In: Pamir, M., Seifert, V., Kiris, T. (eds) Intraoperative Imaging. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 109. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99651-5_2
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