Abstract #4463

Comparison of Cortical Stimulation and FMRI for Language and Motor Localization in Pediatric Patients

Andrew Poliakov¹, Dennis Shaw², Hillary Shurtleff³, Molly Warner³, Russell Saneto⁴, John Kuratani⁴, Edward Novotny, Jeff Ojemann⁵

¹Radiology , Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States; ²Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States; ³Neurology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States; ⁴Clinical&Translational Science, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States; ⁵Neurological Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States

We review our experience comparing fMRI to ESM for surgical planning in pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy.