Contemporary model of language organization: an overview for neurosurgeons

EF Chang, KP Raygor, MS Berger - Journal of neurosurgery, 2015 - thejns.org
Classic models of language organization posited that separate motor and sensory language
foci existed in the inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's area) and superior temporal gyrus …

An introduction to diffusion tensor image analysis

LJ O'Donnell, CF Westin - Neurosurgery Clinics, 2011 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI) is a relatively new technology that is
popular for imaging the white matter of the brain. This article provides a basic and broad …

Tractography and the connectome in neurosurgical treatment of gliomas: the premise, the progress, and the potential

F Henderson, KG Abdullah, R Verma, S Brem - Neurosurgical focus, 2020 - thejns.org
The ability of diffusion tensor MRI to detect the preferential diffusion of water in cerebral
white matter tracts enables neurosurgeons to noninvasively visualize the relationship of …

Low-grade glioma surgery in eloquent areas: volumetric analysis of extent of resection and its impact on overall survival. A single-institution experience in 190 patients

T Ius, M Isola, R Budai, G Pauletto, B Tomasino… - Journal of …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object A growing number of published studies have recently demonstrated the role of
resection in overall survival (OS) for patients with gliomas. In this retrospective study, the …

Extent of resection in glioma–a review of the cutting edge

RS D'Amico, ZK Englander, P Canoll, JN Bruce - World neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Modern glioma surgery has evolved from the principal belief that safe, maximal tumor
resection improves symptom management, quality of life, progression-free survival, and …

Continuous dynamic map** of the corticospinal tract during surgery of motor eloquent brain tumors: evaluation of a new method

A Raabe, J Beck, P Schucht, K Seidel - Journal of neurosurgery, 2014 - thejns.org
Object The authors developed a new map** technique to overcome the temporal and
spatial limitations of classic subcortical map** of the corticospinal tract (CST). The …

Clinical management of diffuse low-grade gliomas

G Lombardi, V Barresi, A Castellano, E Tabouret… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGG) are relatively uncommon primary brain
cancers. In recent years, the molecular, diagnostic, and therapeutic approaches have …

Identifying preoperative language tracts and predicting postoperative functional recovery using HARDI q-ball fiber tractography in patients with gliomas

E Caverzasi, SL Hervey-Jumper, KM Jordan… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECT Diffusion MRI has uniquely enabled in vivo delineation of white matter tracts, which
has been applied to the segmentation of eloquent pathways for intraoperative map**. The …

SlicerDMRI: diffusion MRI and tractography research software for brain cancer surgery planning and visualization

F Zhang, T Noh, P Juvekar, SF Frisken… - JCO clinical cancer …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE We present SlicerDMRI, an open-source software suite that enables research
using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI), the only modality that can map the …

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 …