Dynamic intraoperative imaging and instrumentation of brain and spinal cord using ultrasound.

Intraoperative real-time ultrasound imaging in the neurosurgical operating room is most useful in localizing, characterizing, and guiding the instrumentation of lesions of the brain and spinal cord. In the future, more and more operative procedures will be done using intraoperative ultrasound guidance. The ultrasound scanner, as developed for neurosurgery, will become another instrument in the neurosurgeon's armamentarium.