Challenges of the anatomy and diffusion tensor tractography of the Meyer loop

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1204-1210

  Mandelstam, Simone A ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CALCARINE SULCUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MEYER LOOP; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTIC RADIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84865285350     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2652     Document Type: Review

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