Diffusion tensor-based fiber tracking and intraoperative neuronavigation for the resection of a brainstem cavernous angioma

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Chen, Xiaolei ^a   Weigel, Daniel ^a   Ganslandt, Oliver ^a   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Nimsky, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cavernous angioma; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Intraoperative navigation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; WEAKNESS;

AGED; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 34548041660     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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