Abstract #0248

Improved Localization of BOLD Activation in Patients with Brain Tumors using Vasoreactivity Maps

Henning U. Voss¹, Kyung K. Peck², Nicole M. Petrovich Brennan², Amir Iranmahboob², Bob L. Hou³, Andrei I. Holodny²

¹Dept. of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; ²Dept. of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; ³Dept. of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, VA, USA

In subjects with brain tumors a global hemodynamic response function may not be sufficient to yield the most accurate maps of eloquent cortical areas in presurgical planning fMRI.