10.1055/b-0039-171724 5 Functional Neuroimaging I: fMRI and Resting State fMRIAaron Kucyi, Jason L. Chan, Stephan Bickel and Josef Parvizi Abstract Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a useful strategy for…
10.1055/b-0039-171721 2 A Brief History of Brain Stereotactic FramesL. Dade Lunsford and Ajay Niranjan Abstract The first guiding devise was used by Dittmar in 1870s in an animal model. The…
10.1055/b-0039-171723 4 MRI and CT Imaging with Stereotactic NeurosurgeryAshesh Thaker and Aviva Abosch Abstract Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are critical to stereotactic neurosurgery, and advances in…
10.1055/b-0039-171720 1 History of Innovation in Stereotaxy/Functional NeurosurgeryDavid W. Roberts Abstract Neurosurgery has long led the surgical specialties in the development of innovative clinical applications of technique and technology, and…
10.1055/b-0039-171722 3 Frameless NavigationRichard Rammo and Jason M. Schwalb Abstract Frameless navigation is an easy to use alternative to traditional frame-based stereotactic methods and has become an important neurosurgical tool….
10.1055/b-0039-172586 24 Lateral Parapharyngeal ApproachMarco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Davide Lancini, Alberto Schreiber, Davide Mattavelli As illustrated in the previous chapter, the transnasal approach to the parapharyngeal space can be divided…
10.1055/b-0039-172581 19 Medial Petrous Apex ApproachVittorio Rampinelli, Marco Ravanelli, Andrea Bolzoni Villaret, Francesco Doglietto The petrous apex, a complex bony area located between the middle and posterior cranial fossa, is…
10.1055/b-0039-172585 23 Medial Parapharyngeal ApproachAlberto Schreiber, Marco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Vittorio Rampinelli, Davide Lancini The parapharyngeal space is a suprahyoid infracranial fascial space of the neck, whose shape is typically…
10.1055/b-0039-172583 21 The Suprapetrous (Meckel’s Cave) ApproachVittorio Rampinelli, Marco Ravanelli, Marco Ferrari, Davide Lancini, Alberto Schreiber Meckel’s cave is a cisternal space bounded by the dura and the periosteum that…
10.1055/b-0039-172580 18 Lateral Transcavernous ApproachMarco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Francesco Belotti, Alberto Schreiber, Roberto Maroldi The lateral compartment of the cavernous sinus is located between the cavernous portion of the internal…
