A standardised evaluation of pre-surgical imaging of the corticospinal tract: Where to place the seed ROI

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-456

  Hattingen, Elke ^a   Rathert, Julian ^a   Jurcoane, Alina ^a   Weidauer, Stefan ^a   Szelényi, Andrea ^a   Ogrezeanu, George ^b   Seifert, Volker ^a   Zanella, Friedhelm E ^a   Gasser, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BRAINLAB AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fibre tracking; Seed ROI; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEED REGION OF INTEREST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949122931     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-009-0197-1     Document Type: Article

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