Target identification for stereotactic thalamotomy using diffusion tractography.

BACKGROUND: Stereotactic targets for thalamotomy are usually derived from population-based coordinates. Individual anatomy is used only to scale the coordinates based on the location of some internal guide points. While on conventional MR imaging the thalamic nuclei are indistinguishable, recently i...

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Main Authors: Zsigmond Tamás Kincses, Nikoletta Szabó, István Valálik, Zsolt Kopniczky, Lívia Dézsi, Péter Klivényi, Mark Jenkinson, András Király, Magor Babos, Erika Vörös, Pál Barzó, László Vécsei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3251609?pdf=render