I loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua hāʻawi nā mea hoʻokele i kahi pae ʻike ʻole o ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka wā o nā kaʻina neurosurgical. ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka neurosurgery alakaʻi ʻia i ke kiʻi e hōʻike ana i kahi hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka microsurgical o nā ʻōpū, nā maʻi vascular, a me nā ʻeha intracerebral ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi ia i ka ʻoi aku ka pololei o ka localization o ka lesion, kahi ʻoi aku ka pololei o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o kona mau palena, a me ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻokiʻoki palekana, e pale aku i ka hōʻeha i ka ʻiʻo lolo a puni.

He nui nā pōmaikaʻi o ke kiʻi hoʻonaʻauao mākēneki e like me ke kiʻi multi-parameter imaging, ka nānā ʻana i ka nānā ʻana, ka hoʻonā spatial kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻokoʻa o ka ʻiʻo palupalu maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe mea hana iwi iwi, ʻaʻohe pōʻino radiation. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ultrasound, X-ray , CT a me nā ʻenehana alakaʻi kiʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻia ke alakaʻi MRI e nā mea hoʻohana a me nā mea hoʻonaʻauao.