**4. Conclusion**

In summary, the combination of non-invasive functional and metabolic neuroimaging modalities such as fMRI and MRP in conjunction with anatomical mapping modalities such as DTI can help inform neurosurgical planning for lesions associated with eloquent cortex or in challenging anatomical locations such as the brainstem. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, neuroradiologists, radiation oncologists, medical imaging physicists, and neurorehabilitation specialists, will help offer patients a comprehensive treatment plan which will achieve maximal surgical resection, disease control, and improved quality of life and survival.

## **Acknowledgements**

The authors would like to thank Dr. Amy Harrison, a very talented and dedicated neuroimaging scientist in Diagnostic Services of Hamilton Health Sciences, for her tireless effort, diligence, and willingness to perform fMRI studies on many of our patients, including those presented in this book chapter. This work would not have been possible without Dr. Harrison's expertise and contributions to the team.

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