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Brain Tumor Program / Treatment Options - Brain Tumors

Brain Tumor Treatments


  • UCLA Intraoperative MRI Suite
    UCLA Medical Center was one of the first hospitals in the world to install a dedicated operating room housing a powerful, 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.

  •   Brain Area Functions
    Brain Area Functions
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    Minimally-Invasive Surgery
    UCLA neurosurgeons use minimally and non-invasive treatments whenever these techniques can achieve comparable or better results compared to standard open surgical procedures.

  • Novalis Radiosurgery
    The precision of Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery stereotactic surgery system allows UCLA neurosurgeons to deliver highly focal radiation to a tumor with minimal or no damage to vital areas of the surrounding brain.

  • Advanced Imaging & Brain Mapping
    Standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) imaging are important tools for diagnosing brain tumors. These routine scans, however, do not tell us about the function of the brain surrounding the tumor. Sometimes we may desire more information about the tumor itself, such as its boundaries or whether it is actively dividing.

  • Awake Craniotomy
    When a tumor is near critical speech areas of the brain, it may be important to determine the exact location of these speech-related areas