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Image-guided surgery (IGS) systems have brought both the raw and processed images into the operating room (OR) and clarified the relationship between...
The first clinical studies using microbubbles and ultrasound for treatment of ischaemic stroke have shown encouraging results.4 Further new...
Prior to the development of intra-operative imaging tools, surgery relied on images acquired pre-operatively. However, during the surgical...
Since the original conception and introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in the 1980s, many such...
3D computed tomography angiography (3D CTA) is used to image cerebral aneurysms, steno-occlusive lesion of cerebral vessels and brain...
Unfortunately, while all of these drugs represent advances for MS management, none is fully effective. The pivotal trials of all of these agents show...
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a new type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that allows non-invasive mapping of the diffusion properties of...
Answering the first question is straightforward. The complementary anatomical and functional information obtained from separately performed MRI and...
Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS) that is characterised by...
Acetylcholine is a major neurotransmitter in the hippocampus,13 and memory failure in ageing and AD is hypothesised to result from impairment of the...
Many trials have been published or are under way concerning a variety of new approaches: the selection of patients for chemotherapy based on methyl...
Many tests just indicate norms for a group older than 60 years. In geronto-psychological literature, a differentiation is sometimes made between...
Perfusion is defined as the steady-state delivery of nutrients and oxygen via blood to tissue per unit volume or mass and is typically measured in...
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a fairly new tool that has been used to measure brain activation utilising the dependency of the...
As diagnosis using imaging relies on counting the number of demyelinating lesions in the white matter, the presence of enhancing lesions will...
"it is from this group doubtless that the generally unfavorable impression regarding gliomas as a whole has been gained. It is not only the...
The author s experience at the New Jersey Medical School has revolved around the PoleStar N20, a compact, mobile iMRI developed in Israel by Odin...
In neurosurgical practice, monitoring of CBF plays an important role, as the brain depends on continuous blood supply due to its inability to store...
Recent advances in functional neuroimaging techniques have revolutionised the approach to neurosurgical planning. Functional magnetic...
Recently available biological therapies mandate further refinements in MRI images. Basic to tumor growth in the brain is the recruitment of new...
