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UCSF Researcher Srikantan Nagarajan Maps the Brain to Predict Surgery Outcomes

When planning the precise and delicate procedure to remove a brain tumor, a neurosurgeon needs to know the exact location and dimensions of the invasive growth and the surrounding tissue. Because of the brain’s intricate network of neural pathways, altering one spot can adversely affect a patient’s speech, vision, mobility and cognition.

 

Nagarajan's lab specializes in detailed, high-fidelity brain imaging using magnetoencephalography (MEG), a quick, noninvasive procedure that measures the brain’s electromagnetic signals to visualize how things work inside.

 

Read the story at ctsi.ucsf.edu/news/about-ctsi/mapping-brain-predict-surge...

 

Learn more about Nagarajan's research at UCSF Profiles profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=...

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Uploaded on December 8, 2011
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