FIG. 4.
Preoperative differentiation of tumor tissue from functionally important neuronal tissue through multimodal and multitracer imaging. These combined imaging procedures shall guide the neurosurgeon to operate as much tumor as possible but at the same time to leave the functionally important tissue intact. Reproduced with permission from Jacobs et al. Molecular imaging of gliomas. Mol Imaging 1:309–355. Copyright © 2002, MIT Press Journals. All rights reserved.67