Image-guided dissection of human white matter tracts as a new method of modern neuroanatomical training

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Skadorwa, T ^a   Kunicki, J ^a,b   Nauman, P ^b   Ciszek, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Neuronavigation; White matter tracts dissection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRUM; DISSECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONAVIGATION; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350056822     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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