Semiautomatic tractography: Motor pathway segmentation in patients with intracranial vascular malformations: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Byrnes, Tiernan J D ^a   Barrick, Thomas R ^a   Bell, B Anthony ^a   Clark, Chris A ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Intracranial vascular malformation; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEMIAUTOMATIC TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; PARESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650810107     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.JNS08930     Document Type: Article

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