3T MRI evaluation of the accuracy of atlas-based subthalamic nucleus identification

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3069-3077

  Stancanello, Joseph ^a,b   Muacevic, Alexander ^c   Sebastiano, Fabio ^d   Modugno, Nicola ^d   Cerveri, Pietro ^b   Ferrigno, Giancarlo ^b   Uggeri, Fulvio ^a   Romanelli, Pantaleo ^d  

^a Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c European Cyberknife Center   (Germany)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Atlas based identification; Functional neurosurgery; Image guidance; Nonrigid registration; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEUROSURGERY;

AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY; IMAGE GUIDANCES; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TARGET IDENTIFICATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 46149126425     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2936229     Document Type: Article

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