Meyer's loop tractography for image-guided surgery depends on imaging protocol and hardware

• Published in: NeuroImage clinical Vol. 20; pp. 458 - 465
• Main Authors: Chamberland, Maxime, Tax, Chantal M.W., Jones, Derek K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.01.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: Computers; Databases, Factual; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - diagnostic imaging; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - physiopathology; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - surgery; Humans; Radiology; Regular; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Temporal Lobe - diagnostic imaging; Temporal Lobe - physiopathology; Temporal Lobe - surgery; Visual Field Tests - methods; Visual Fields - physiology; Visual Pathways - diagnostic imaging; Visual Pathways - physiopathology; Visual Pathways - surgery

Surgical resection is an effective treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy but can result in visual field defects. This could be minimized if surgeons knew the exact location of the anterior part of the optic radiation (OR), the Meyer's loop. To this end, there is increasing prevalence of image-gu...