Development of intraoperative MRI: a personal journey.
The initial attempts at intraoperative image guidance and imaging dates back to early 1980s. Since then Neuronavigation and intraoperative imaging technologies were developed in parallel. This works aims at summarizing the developments and giving an insider's view into the beginning stage of these technologies. The successes and obstacles encountered in the first few decades are relayed from the angle of one of the initial developers.
International Neuroscience Institute Hannover, Hannover, Germany. fahlbusch@ini-hannover.de
Rudolf
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Fahlbusch
D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000266:history