Functional MRI (fMRI) for preoperative language mapping of Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas in clinical pediatric epilepsy presents various challenges resulting in poor patient compliance. We hypothesized that higher fMRI success rates can be achieved using intensive patient preparation in a fMRI practice session using a mock MRI scanner. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Long Alexander, Buskirk Tricia, Smith Mark, Krishnamurthy Ramkumar, Hu Houchun, Halverson Mark

Keywords: Epilepsy, fMRI, Mock Scanner

Establish and evaluate a process for 3DPrinting (3DP) patient specific functional anatomical models of the brain from multiple MRI sequences in patients with epileptic focal lesions.The second objective was to evaluate the clinical utility of the models. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2019 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2019

Authors: Parthasarathy Jayanthi, Gedela Satya, Ostendorf Adam, Pindrik Jonathan, Jones Jeremy, Mcallister Aaron, Selvaraj Bhavani, Long Alexander

Keywords: Brain model, MRI brain, 3D Printing