title: Intraoperative optical imaging of epileptiform and functional activity.
abstract: Although intraoperative optical imaging is still a research tool, optical imaging has the potential to establish itself as an intraoperative tool in the future, and may be able to be used for studies into language dominance, memory, and higher cognitive functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Haglund
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007802:Language; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology