In vivo visualization of cranial nerve pathways in humans using diffusion-based tractography

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 788-795

  Hodaie, Mojgan ^a   Quan, Jessica ^b   Chen, David Qixiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D Slicer; Brainstem; Cranial nerves; Diffusion tensor imaging; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77949966776     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000367613.09324.DA     Document Type: Article

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