IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit

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Neuroscience

Role of Diffusion MRI Tractography in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery

Matteo Zoli^*1,2, Lia Talozzi^*2, Micaela Mitolo³, Raffaele Lodi^2,4, Diego Mazzatenta^*1,2, Caterina Tonon^*2,3

¹IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Diseases - Pituitary Unit, ²Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, ³IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, ⁴IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna

We present a protocol to integrate diffusion MRI tractography in patient work-up to endoscopic endonasal surgery for a skull base tumor. The methods for adopting these neuroimaging studies in the pre- and intra-operative phases are described.