Isosurface-based generation of hulls encompassing neuronal pathways

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-60

  Merhof, Dorit ^a   Meister, Martin ^a   Bingöl, Ezgi ^a   Nimsky, Christopher ^a   Greiner, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Hulls; Neuronavigation; White matter tracts

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58649096559     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000195720     Document Type: Article

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