Real-time intraoperative ultrasound in brain surgery: neuronavigation and use of contrast-enhanced image fusion

Point-of-care devices for intraoperative imaging represent one of the greatest adjuvant to modern strategies for surgical planning and execution; this is particularly true in neurosurgery given the complexity of the central nervous system and the delicate surgical maneuvers needed to manipulate it without causing iatrogenic damage. Preoperative imaging revolving around the correct prescription of specific MRI sequences (including digital tensor...