Identification of venous variants in the pineal region with 3D preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging navigation. A statistical study of venous anatomy in living patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1006-1011

  Giordano, Mario ^b   Wrede, Karsten H ^a   Stieglitz, Lennart H ^a   Samii, Madjid ^a   Lüdemann, Wolf O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Anatomical variation; Basal vein; Internal cerebral vein; Neuronavigation; Pineal region

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249908332     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.6.1006     Document Type: Review

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