Clinical Utility of Preoperative Bilingual Language fMRI Mapping in Patients with Brain Tumors.

Lok Wa Laura LeungPrashin UnadkatMelina More BertottiWenya Linda BiWalid Ibn EssayedAdomas BuneviciusVamsidhar ChavakulaLaura RigoloLuca FumagalliZiyun TieAlexandra J GolbyYanmei Tie

Published in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2020)

Bilingual fMRI mapping of bilingual patients allows to better appreciate functionally active language areas that may be neglected in single language mapping. Utility of bilingual mapping was supported by changes in both surgical approach and LI measurements, suggesting its benefit on preoperative language mapping.

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