Intraoperative neuronavigation using diffusion tensor MR tractography for the resection of a deep tumor adjacent to the corticospinal tract

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 228-232

  Hlatky, Roman ^a   Jackson, Edward F ^a   Weinberg, Jeffrey S ^a   McCutcheon, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted navigation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Intraoperative navigation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tractography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MELANOMA; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33645696346     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091954     Document Type: Article

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