Diffusion tensor imaging and white matter tractography in patients with brainstem lesions

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1117-1131

  Chen, X ^a,b   Weigel, D ^a   Ganslandt, O ^a   Buchfelder, M ^a   Nimsky, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brainstem tumour, surgical planning; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAVIGATION; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 36249008006     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1282-2     Document Type: Article

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