title: Three-dimensional image reconstruction for low-grade glioma surgery.
abstract: Three-dimensional image reconstruction for preoperative surgical planning and intraoperative navigation for the resection of low-grade gliomas was performed in 20 patients. Thirteen of these surgeries were performed while the patient received a local anesthetic to allow for cortical mapping. Ninety percent of the patients were functionally intact postoperatively. The authors propose that the combination of the three-dimensional image reconstruction and surgical navigation, in conjunction with intraoperative cortical mapping, provides an additional means for surgeons to improve the safety and precision of the procedures.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Radiology and Division of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chabrerie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozlen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Leventon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atsumi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grimson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jolesz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kikinis
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Black