Somatotopic location of corticospinal tracts in the internal capsule with MR tractography

European Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-73

  Lee, Dong Hoon ^a   Kwon, Yong Hyun ^b   Hwang, Yoon Tae ^c   Kim, Joong Hwi ^d   Park, Ji Won ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam College of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Gangneung Yeongdong University   (South Korea)

^d Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor tractography; Functional MRI; Internal capsule

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOMATOTOPIC AREA;

ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 83455258174     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334097     Document Type: Article

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