Virtually peeling off the skull and scalp: A simple way of mapping the superficial cerebral veins on the brain surface

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 345-350

  Gong, X Y ^a   Higano, S ^b   Mugikura, S ^b   Umetsu, A ^b   Murata, T ^b   Kumabe, T ^b   Takahashi, S ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain surface; Cerebral veins; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical simulation; Three dimensional image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCALP; SIMULATION; SKULL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL VEINS; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549086948     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163555     Document Type: Article

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