For neurosurgeons, finding your way around your brain is no easy task, since every brain is slightly different. And in brain surgery, mere millimeters can measure the difference between a successful procedure and mind-altering failure.
That’s why Dr. Alexandra Golby and her team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are developing inventive ways of mapping each human brain they encounter. Golby, a neurosurgeon, wanted to generate a road map of her patients’ brains in order to help perform as minimally invasive a surgery as possible, and she wanted this information to be tailored specifically to each new patient.
Learn more: Surgeons create personalized brain maps to guide safer surgeries