Intraoperative Ultrasound (IOUS) in Neurosurgery

Abstract

General aspects: Clinical US, historical aspects -- US physics, basic principles and clinical application -- B-mode ultrasound: Ultrasound system set up and general semeiology -- Echographic brain semeiology and topographic anatomy according to surgical approaches -- Intraoperative findings in brain tumor surgery -- IOUS B-mode intra-operative findings in spinal lesions -- IOUS B-mode intra-operative findings in peripheral nerve pathologies -- Multimodal imaging in glioma surgery -- Doppler imaging: Basic principles and clinical application.- Intra-operative Ultrasound, Fusion imaging and Virtual Navigation: Virtual navigation and interventional procedures. Navigable ultrasound, 3D ultrasound and fusion imaging in neurosurgery -- Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS): Basic principles, general application and future trends -- CEUS in neurosurgery -- Elastosonography: Ultrasound Elastography.