Wei-dong Yang, Zeng-guang Wang, Quan Zhang, Pei-yu Pu, Qing Yu, Shu-yuan Yang, Jian-ning Zhang, Shu-yuan Yue, Jian Sun
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of stereotactic resection of small intracerebral lesions located in the motor cortex using blood oxygen level depended functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) fusion guidance. METHODS: Fifteen patients with lesions in posterior frontal lobe to anterior central gyrus, 1.5-3 cm in diameter, underwent combined three-dimensional (3D) enhancement MRI with BOLD-fMRI, and DTI. Computer procedure was used to perform the images fusion to show directly the lesions, motor cortex, and corticospinal tract, and to confirm their position relationship and design the operative approach so as to guide the stereotactic resection of the small intracerebral lesions...
October 28, 2008: Zhonghua Yi Xue za Zhi [Chinese medical journal]