Three-dimensional description and mathematical characterization of the parasellar internal carotid artery in human infants

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 636-644

  Meng, Stefan ^a,b   Costa, Luciano da F ^c   Geyer, Stefan H ^a   Viana, Matheus P ^c   Reiter, Christian ^d   Müller, Gerd B ^e   Weninger, Wolfgang J ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b Kaiser Franz Joseph Spital ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carotid siphon; Cavernous sinus; Cushion; Intimal hyperplasia; Vascular remodelling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 42649094828     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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