Three-dimensional morphometrical analysis of the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery: Potential clinical and neurosurgical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-46

  Zurada, Anna ^a,b   Gielecki, Jerzy ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Loukas, Marios ^b   Maksymowicz, Wojciech ^a   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^d   Michalak, Maciej ^a   Chlebiej, Michał ^a,e   Zurada Zielińska, Agnieszka ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group   (United States)

^e NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

3D morphometry; anatomy; M1 segment; middle cerebral artery; vasculature; vessel tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650295851     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21051     Document Type: Article

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