Clinical Functional MRI

Clinical Functional MRI covers preoperative fMRI in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies, which are the most well-established clinical applications. State-of-the-art fMRI procedures are presented, with detailed consideration of the physiological and methodological background, and additional techniques.

This is the first textbook on clinical fMRI. It is devoted to preoperative fMRI in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies, which are the most well-established clinical applications. State-of-the-art fMRI procedures are presented, with detailed consideration of the physiological and methodological background, imaging and data processing, normal and pathological findings, diagnostic possibilities and limitations, and other related techniques.

Introduction (Background, Physiological Basics).- Methods, Data Acquisition and Processing.- Functional Neuroanatomy (Motor, Somatosensory, Language).- Presurgical fMRI in Brain Tumors (Protocols and Clinical Application).- Presurgical Functional Neuroimaging in Epilepsy.- Functional Neuronavigation.- Validity of Presurgical Functional Localization, Possibilities, Limits.- Multimodality Functional Neuroimaging.- Plasticity and Reorganization.- Pitfalls, Tips and Tricks.- Subject Index.- List of Contributors.