Glioma surgery represents a significant advance with respect to improving resection rates
using new surgical techniques, including intraoperative functional mapping, monitoring, and …

A growing number of papers have pointed out the relationship between aggressive
resection of gliomas and survival prognosis. For maximum resection, the current concept of …

Purpose We developed a navigation system that superimposes the fractional anisotropy
(FA) color map of pre-operative diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and intraoperative magnetic …

Awake craniotomy is the only established way to assess patients' language functions
intraoperatively and to contribute to their preservation, if necessary. Recent guidelines have …

Introduction The indication for awake brain surgery depends on a prerequisite, ie
recognition that the brain area concerned is truly eloquent, and identification of one or more …

Objectives Build the theoretical and evidence-base for a digital platform (map-OR) which
delivers intraoperative language tests during awake craniotomy and facilitates collaborative …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to transform brain mapping data into a digitized intra-
operative MRI and integrated brain function dataset for predictive glioma surgery …

Background In awake surgery, cortical mapping may identify the negative motor area (NMA).
However, since speech arrest occurs regardless of whether the NMA or the frontal language …

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of advanced information‐guided
surgical management technology of intracranial gliomas implemented in Japan, represented …

Background When brain tumors are located near the language area, a test to assess
language function is required. During the test, it is practical to display combined information …