Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging to guide the pathologic cut: Individualized, 3-dimensionally printed cutting boxes for fixed brains

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 780-788

  Absinta, Martina ^a,c   Nair, Govind ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^c   Ray Chaudhury, Abhik ^a   Reyes Mantilla, Maria I ^b   Pardo, Carlos A ^b   Reich, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutting box; High resolution; MRI Pathology correlations; Postmortem MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HISTOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE DURATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904747084     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000096     Document Type: Article

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