High-definition fiber tractography of the human brain: Neuroanatomical validation and neurosurgical applications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 430-453

  Fernandez Miranda, Juan C ^a   Pathak, Sudhir ^a   Engh, Johnathan ^a   Jarbo, Kevin ^a   Verstynen, Timothy ^a   Yeh, Fang Cheng ^a   Wang, Yibao ^a   Mintz, Arlan ^a   Boada, Fernando ^b   Schneider, Walter ^a   Friedlander, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; DTI; Fiber tracking; Glioma; Human connectome; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; CANCER GRADING; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERE; HIGH DEFINITION FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIOVAL CENTER; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864285236     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182592faa     Document Type: Article

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