Visualization of the Pyramidal Tract in Glioma Surgery by Integrating Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Functional Neuronavigation

Abstract

DTI can be reliably integrated into navigational datasets. Thus, microscope-based neuronavigation can be used for an intraoperative visualization of the course of the pyramidal tract. However, a possible shifting of the pyramidal tract has to be taken into account after major tumor parts are removed.