Latchaw R E, Hu X
Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA.
Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1995 Nov;5(4):683-93.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging is able to define noninvasively the location of eloquent cortex responsible for speech, motor, and visual function, and it holds promise for localizing other important functional tissues in the future. Such localization is extremely important to the epileptologist and surgeon planning surgical resection of an epileptic focus. Early work identifies the actual seizure focus using similar techniques. Magnetic resonance, with functional magnetic resonance added to high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, has the potential of providing, in a cost-effective manner with one noninvasive modality, the functional, anatomic, and chemical parameters pertinent to the management of the seizure patient.
功能磁共振成像能够非侵入性地确定负责言语、运动和视觉功能的明确皮层的位置，并且有望在未来定位其他重要的功能组织。这种定位对于癫痫学家和计划对癫痫病灶进行手术切除的外科医生来说极其重要。早期的工作使用类似技术来确定实际的癫痫病灶。磁共振，加上功能磁共振成像和磁共振波谱的高分辨率磁共振成像，有可能以一种经济高效的方式通过一种非侵入性方法提供与癫痫患者管理相关的功能、解剖和化学参数。
