Imaging the pyramidal tract in patients with brain tumors

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-10

  Inoue, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^b   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pyramidal tract; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0032995465     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(98)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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