Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Tractography Incorporated Into an Intraoperative 3-Dimensional Ultrasound-Based Neuronavigation System

Abstract

This study demonstrates that preoperative fMRI and DTT had direct consequences for therapeutic strategies and indicates their impact on intraoperative strategies to spare eloquent cortex and tracts. Functional neuronavigation combined with intraoperative 3D ultrasound can, in most patients, enable resection of brain lesions with general anesthesia without jeopardizing neurological function.