Functional magnetic resonance imaging in adult craniopagus for presurgical evaluation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 910-916

  Ho, Yi Ching Lynn ^b   Goh, Keith Yu Ching ^b   Golay, Xavier ^b   Hong, Wee Tin ^b   Lim, Shih Hui ^b   Pan, Andrew Beng Siong ^b   Chua, Violet Gek Eng ^b   Hui, Francis ^b   Sitoh, Yih Yian ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood oxygen level dependent technique; Conjoined twins; Craniopagus; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Language dominance; Language mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOPAGUS CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL LOBE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 32044446283     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.5.0910     Document Type: Article

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