Intraoperative use of diffusion tensor imaging fiber tractography and subcortical mapping for resection of gliomas: Technical considerations

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Bello, Lorenzo ^a,b   Castellano, Antonella ^a,c   Fava, Enrica ^a   Casaceli, Giuseppe ^a   Riva, Marco ^a   Scotti, Giuseppe ^c   Gaini, Sergio Maria ^a   Falini, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging fiber tractography; Glioma; Intraoperative mapping; Motor and language subcortical sites

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77949499346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.FOCUS09240     Document Type: Article

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