Diffusion MR Tractography As a Tool for Surgical Planning

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-214

  Berman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Motor tract; MR imaging; Surgical planning; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 65249108677     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2009.02.002     Document Type: Review

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