he procedure, to enable monitoring of therapy, precise guidance for biopsies, and tracking of anatomical changes as surgical resection progresses. Integrating neurosurgery with intraoperative-MRI has presented technical challenges involving the scanner and ancillary equipment. In the past few years, many challenges have been met. The foundation now exists that will allow this new discipline to expand the limits of neurosurgery. Keywords: Image guided surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Intra-operative; Intraoperative; Interventional; Stereotactic; Brain tumor # Corresponding author. Director of MRI/CT/MRT/Radiology Research, 75 Francis Street, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115. e-mail: jolesz@bwh.harvard.edu 89 90 D. F. KACHER et al. MOTIVATION FOR INTRAOPERATIVE MRI Introduction Historically, neurosurgeons have applied intraoperative fluoroscopy [1, 2] and ultrasound [3--5] as a surgical tool to loc

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Ó The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract A novel intrinsically decoupled transmit and receive radio-frequency coil element is presented for applications in parallel imaging and parallel excitation techniques in high-field magnetic resonance

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