Three-dmensional morphometry of the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery with neurosurgical relevance

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1768-1782

  Zurada, Anna ^a,b   St Gielecki, Jerzy ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Loukas, Marios ^c   Zurada Zielińska, Agnieszka ^d   Maksymowicz, Wojciech ^a   Nowak, Dariusz ^d   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^e  

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

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional morphometry; Anatomy; Cerebral artery; Diameter; Vessel deviation; Vessel tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTERY LENGTH; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORTUOSITY INDEX; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT; COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650444881     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181fa7fcb     Document Type: Article

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