The pineal region: Thin sectional anatomy with MR correlation in the coronal plane

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 575-582

  Sun, Bo ^a   Tang, Yu Chun ^a   Fan, Ling Zhong ^a   Lin, Xiang Tao ^b   Li, Zhen Ping ^a   Qi, Heng Tao ^b   Liu, Shu Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANDONG MEDICAL IMAGING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Computerized freezing milling technique; MRI; Pineal region; Thin sectional anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBEDDING; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CADAVER; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PINEAL GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149114847     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0375-9     Document Type: Article

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