IntraoperatiVe Tractography and Neuronavigation of the Pyramidal Tract

Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Nimsky, Christopher ^a   Ganslandt, O ^a   Weigel, D ^a   Von Keller, B ^a   Stadlbauer, A ^a   Akutsu, H ^a   Hammen, T ^a   Buchfelder, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional navigation; Intraoperative imaging; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURONAVIGATION; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

EID: 38349093288     PISSN: 0917950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.17.21     Document Type: Article

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