Three-dimensional microsurgical and tractographic anatomy of the white matter of the human brain

• Published in: Neurosurgery Vol. 62; no. 6 Suppl 3; pp. 989 - SHC1028
• Main Authors: Fernández-Miranda, Juan C, Rhoton, Jr, Albert L, Alvarez-Linera, Juan, Kakizawa, Yukinari, Choi, Chanyoung, de Oliveira, Evandro P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.06.2008
• Subjects: Basal Ganglia - anatomy & histology; Basal Ganglia - surgery; Cerebrum - anatomy & histology; Cerebrum - surgery; Corpus Callosum - anatomy & histology; Corpus Callosum - surgery; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Dissection; Fornix, Brain - anatomy & histology; Fornix, Brain - surgery; Gyrus Cinguli - anatomy & histology; Gyrus Cinguli - surgery; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microsurgery; Neurosurgery

We sought to investigate the three-dimensional structure of the white matter of the brain by means of the fiber-dissection technique and diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance imaging to assess the usefulness of the combination of both techniques, compare their results, and review the potential functio...