Feasibility of diffusion tractography for the reconstruction of intra-thalamic and cerebello-thalamic targets for functional neurosurgery: a multi-vendor pilot study in four subjects

• Main Authors: Andras Jakab (Author), Beat Werner (Author), Marco Piccirelli (Author), Kazmer Kovacs (Author), Ernst Martin (Author), John Stephen Thornton (Author), Tarek Yousry (Author), Gabor Szekely (Author), Ruth O'Gorman Tuura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Functional stereotactic neurosurgery by means of deep brain stimulation or ablation provides an effective treatment for movement disorders, but the outcome of surgical interventions depends on the accuracy by which the target structures are reached. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate th...