Noninvasive preoperative cortical localization by magnetic source imaging

W W Orrison Jr; D F Rose; B L Hart; E L Maclin; J A Sanders; B K Willis; E P Marchand; C C Wood; L E Davis

Noninvasive preoperative cortical localization by magnetic source imaging

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1992 Jul-Aug;13(4):1124-8.

Authors

W W Orrison Jr¹, D F Rose, B L Hart, E L Maclin, J A Sanders, B K Willis, E P Marchand, C C Wood, L E Davis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.

PMID: 1636523
PMCID: PMC8333589

Abstract

The authors successfully used magnetoencephalography and MR data to localize the sensorimotor cortex in two patients prior to neurosurgery; preoperative localization influenced surgical management.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Magnetoencephalography*
Preoperative Care*
Somatosensory Cortex / anatomy & histology*