Pre-operative DTI and probabilisitic tractography in four patients with deep brain stimulation for chronic pain

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 801-805

  Owen, S L F ^a   Heath, J ^a   Kringelbach, M ^a   Green, A L ^a   Pereira, E A C ^a   Jenkinson, N ^a   Jegan, T ^a   Stein, J F ^a   Aziz, T Z ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Pain; Periaqueductal grey; Periventricular grey; Probabilistic tractography

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRODE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC TRACTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 44249089464     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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