This is the first textbook on clinical fMRI. It is devoted to preoperative fMRI in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies, which are the most well-established clinical applications. State-of-the-art fMRI procedures are presented, with detailed consideration of the physiological and methodological background, imaging and data processing, normal and pathological findings, diagnostic possibilities and limitations, and other related techniques.
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to Presurgical Functional MRI.- Localization of Brain Activity using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Functional Neuroanatomy.- Presurgical Functional MRI in Patients with Brain Tumors.- Presurgical Functional MRI in Epilepsy.- Functional Neuronavigation.- Validity of Presurgical Functional Localization.- Multimodality in Functional Neuroimaging.- Brain Plasticity and fMRI.- Clinical BOLD fMRI: Artifacts, Tips and Tricks.