The purpose of this study is to determine if functional MRI is precise enough to provide information about the location of brain functions in patients who have brain tumors. This might allow physicians to use a non-invasive procedure to assist with brain mapping prior to surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine if fMRI is precise enough to be used in preoperative decision making for patients who have brain tumors. Before a patient has brain surgery to have the tumor removed, functional mapping of the brain takes place either intra-operatively or post operatively after a subdural grid implant has been placed. Mapping helps the surgeon determine which areas of the brain are responsible for different important body functions. During this mapping procedure the surgeon determines if they can safely remove all or part of a brain tumor. The investigators are hoping to show that fMRI is just as accurate in mapping out different areas of the brain, without having to utilize an invasive form of brain mapping.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
23
People who are scheduled to have brain surgery with undergo a fMRI of the brain before surgery. This is a "functional" scan, meaning that subjects will be asked to perform tasks (such as finger tapping or picture identification) during the MRI scan.
Healthy subjects will be undergo a brain fMRI of the brain. fMRI is a "functional" scan, meaning that subjects will be asked to perform tasks (such as finger tapping or picture identification) during the MRI scan.
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Determining whether fMRI mapping is as effective as invasive presurgical mapping.
Subjects will be followed for the duration of their hospital stay with an expected average of 2 weeks.
Time frame: 2 weeks
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