Correlation between language function and the left arcuate fasciculus detected by diffusion tensor imaging tractography after brain tumor surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 839-843

  Hayashi, Yutaka ^a   Kinoshita, Masashi ^a   Nakada, Mitsutoshi ^a   Hamada, Jun Ichiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Brain tumor surgery; Diffusion tensor imaging tractography; Language functions; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LANGUAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84868361301     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.8.JNS12348     Document Type: Article

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