Intraoperative visualization of the pyramidal tract by diffusion-tensor-imaging-based fiber tracking

NeuroImage

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1219-1229

  Nimsky, Christopher ^a   Ganslandt, Oliver ^a   Merhof, Dorit ^a   Sorensen, A Gregory ^b   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Functional neuronavigation; Intraoperative imaging; Major white matter tracts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREPHINING;

EID: 33646151388     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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