Three-dimensional in vivo modeling of vestibular schwannomas and surrounding cranial nerves with diffusion imaging tractography

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1077-1083

  Chen, David Qixiang ^a   Quan, Jessica ^a   Guha, Abhijit ^c   Tymianski, Michael ^a,c   Mikulis, David ^b,c   Hodaie, Mojgan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Diffusion tensor imaging; schwannomas; Tractography; Tumor modeling; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 79952897559     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820c6cbe     Document Type: Article

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