Magnetic resonance imaging of primary adult brain tumors: state of the art and future perspectives

M Martucci, R Russo, F Schimperna, G D'Apolito… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
MRI is undoubtedly the cornerstone of brain tumor imaging, playing a key role in all phases
of patient management, starting from diagnosis, through therapy planning, to treatment …

Current applications of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in intracranial tumor resection

JD Costabile, E Alaswad, S D'Souza… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the treatment of brain tumors, surgical intervention remains a common and effective
therapeutic option. Recent advances in neuroimaging have provided neurosurgeons with …

Motor evoked potential warning criteria in supratentorial surgery: a scoping review

E Asimakidou, PA Abut, A Raabe, K Seidel - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Motor evoked potential (MEP) alarm criteria may have an important impact
on the preservation of motor function in supratentorial neurosurgical procedures. However …

Subcortical stimulation mapping of descending motor pathways for perirolandic gliomas: assessment of morbidity and functional outcome in 702 cases

SJ Han, RA Morshed, I Troncon, KM Jordan… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Herein, the authors report their experience with intraoperative stimulation
mapping to locate the descending subcortical motor pathways in patients undergoing …

Intra-operative correction of brain-shift

I Reinertsen, F Lindseth, C Askeland, DH Iversen… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Background Brain-shift is a major source of error in neuronavigation systems based on pre-
operative images. In this paper, we present intra-operative correction of brain-shift using 3D …

Standard clinical approaches and emerging modalities for glioblastoma imaging

JD Bernstock, SE Gary, N Klinger… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary adult intracranial malignancy and carries a
dismal prognosis despite an aggressive multimodal treatment regimen that consists of …

The role of diffusion tractography in refining glial tumor resection

DC Vanderweyen, G Theaud, J Sidhu… - Brain Structure and …, 2020 - Springer
Primary brain tumors are notoriously hard to resect surgically. Due to their infiltrative nature,
finding the optimal resection boundary without damaging healthy tissue can be challenging …

Intraoperative mapping of pre-central motor cortex and subcortex: a proposal for supplemental cortical and novel subcortical maps to Penfield's motor homunculus

P Ghimire, JP Lavrador, A Baig Mirza, N Pereira… - Brain Structure and …, 2021 - Springer
Penfield's motor homunculus describes a caricaturised yet useful representation of the map
of various body parts on the pre-central cortex. We propose a supplemental map of the …

[HTML][HTML] Improved nTMS-and DTI-derived CST tractography through anatomical ROI seeding on anterior pontine level compared to internal capsule

C Weiss, I Tursunova, V Neuschmelting, H Lockau… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2015 - Elsevier
Imaging of the course of the corticospinal tract (CST) by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is
useful for function-preserving tumour surgery. The integration of functional localizer data into …

Evaluation of diffusion tensor imaging–based tractography of the corticospinal tract: a correlative study with intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging and direct …

SA Javadi, A Nabavi, M Giordano, E Faghihzadeh… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The accuracy of intraoperative diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)–based
tractography of the corticospinal tract (CST) is crucial for its use in neurosurgical planning …