Diffusion tractography: Methods, validation and applications in patients with neurosurgical lesions

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-268

  Leclercq, Delphine ^a,b   Delmaire, Christine ^a,c   Menjot de Champfleur, Nicolas ^a,d   Chiras, Jacques ^a   Lehéricy, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Mapping; Neurosurgery; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTIFACT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SHIFTING; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GROWTH; CROSSING FIBER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRACKING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OPTIC RADIATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPURIOUS FIBER; TUMOR VOLUME; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952846209     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.11.004     Document Type: Review

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