Brain lmaging and Neurosurgica1 0peration 嘉山 孝正 * Takamasa KAYAMA It is、 vell kno、 vn that neurOsurgical treatments are completely different comparing with other medical fields. Brain has functional localization. We, neurosurgeon should preserve brain function,ex motor,sensory,visual and speech function、 vhen、ve operate brain lesions.Recent progress of brain imaging is so much.I Inentioned an advantage of brain imaging to neurosurgical operation, A/1EG disclosed motor area, sensory area, visual

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... area on each cases. These informations much contributed to decrease postoperative complications. I believe in future neurosurgeons operate with computer aided surgery using inforttations detected by brain functional imaging.