Prediction of the location of the pyramidal tract in patients with thalamic or basal ganglia tumors.

BACKGROUND: Locating the pyramidal tract (PT) is difficult in patients with thalamic or basal ganglia tumors, especially when the surrounding anatomical structures cannot be identified using computed tomography or magnetic resonance images. Hence, we objected to find a way to predict the location of...

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Main Authors: Yuanzheng Hou, Xiaolei Chen, Bainan Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498262?pdf=render