Diffusion tensor imaging analysis of long association bundles in the presence of an arteriovenous malformation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 509-514

  Bérubé, Josée ^a   McLaughlin, Nancy ^b   Bourgouin, Pierre ^b   Beaudoin, Gilles ^b   Bojanowski, Michel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Associative area; Brain white matter; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tract; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548820458     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/09/0509     Document Type: Article

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