Review Article

Intraoperative Imaging Modalities and Compensation for Brain Shift in Tumor Resection Surgery

Table 1

A summary of the clinical result by using iMRI for tumor resection.

PublicationAuthorYearContributionNumber of patientsResult

[24]Hadani et al.2001iMR development 20Total resection of all low grade tumors
[25]Knauth et al.1999Clinical usage evaluation 41Complete resection was diagnosed in 15 cases but was performed in 31 cases with iMRI
[26]Hall et al.2000iMR development 30Complete resection in 24 cases
[27]Hall et al.2000Clinical usage evaluation 30Complete resection in 24 cases
[28]Nimsky et al.2001Clinical usage evaluation16Complete resection in 14 cases
[29]Black et al.1999Clinical usage evaluation31In more than one-third of the cases, tumor residual was detected with iMRI where the surgeon considered a complete removal without iMRI