Pre-surgical mapping of language and motor networks using task and resting state fMRI

The proposed research seeks to develop a new protocol for acquisition and analysis of resting state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) data and to evaluate its applicability in clinical setting as a method to map eloquent brain areas for brain surgery planning in patients who cannot comply with task fMRI (t-fMRI) demands.

Figure 1: Language and motor networks from t-fMRI (yellow and blue) and rs-fMRI (red) in a patient with epilepsy.

Figure 2: Pre-surgical language mapping with fMRI.