Preoperative simulation and intraoperative navigation with three-dimensional functional images
Endo, S.; Hayashi, N.; Takaku, A.; Ono, T.
Surgical Technology International 6: 320-326
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 1090-3941 PMID: 16160993 Document Number: 475575
Recent advances in computer graphics have facilitated three-dimensional image reconstruction from magnetic resonance (MR) imagea, contributing to better understanding of the morphological structure of the brain and to preoperative neurosurgical planning. Functional brain mapping used in conjunction with this three-dimensional imaging technique provides preoperative information regarding the three-dimensional relationship between the eloquent cortex and the location of lesions, and allows accurate preoperative planning. In this article, we present a preoperative simulation and intraoperative navigational system for use with three-dimensional functional images.