Three-dimensional visualization of motor cortex and pyramidal tracts employing functional and diffusion weighted MRI. Methods, applications and limitations

Klinische Neuroradiologie

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 105-121

  Krings, Timo ^a   Coenen, Volker A ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^a   Möller Hartmann, Walter ^a   Mayfrank, Lothar ^a   Weidemann, Jürgen ^a   Kränzlein, Heidi ^a   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a   Thron, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Fiber tracts; Functional MRI; Motor cortex; Presurgical planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034854136     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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