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Three-dimensional stereotactic atlas of the extracranial vasculature correlated with the intracranial vasculature, cranial nerves, skull and muscles.
- Source :
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The neuroradiology journal [Neuroradiol J] 2015 Apr; Vol. 28 (2), pp. 190-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 13. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Our objective was to construct a 3D, interactive, and reference atlas of the extracranial vasculature spatially correlated with the intracranial blood vessels, cranial nerves, skull, glands, and head muscles.The atlas has been constructed from multiple 3T and 7T magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) brain scans, and 3T phase contrast and inflow MRA neck scans of the same specimen in the following steps: vessel extraction from the scans, building 3D tubular models of the vessels, spatial registration of the extra- and intracranial vessels, vessel editing, vessel naming and color-coding, vessel simplification, and atlas validation.This new atlas contains 48 names of the extracranial vessels (25 arterial and 23 venous) and it has been integrated with the existing brain atlas.The atlas is valuable for medical students and residents to easily get familiarized with the extracranial vasculature with a few clicks; is useful for educators to prepare teaching materials; and potentially can serve as a reference in the diagnosis of vascular disease and treatment, including craniomaxillofacial surgeries and radiologic interventions of the face and neck.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional methods
Magnetic Resonance Angiography methods
Models, Cardiovascular
Reference Values
Statistics as Topic
Stereotaxic Techniques
Arteries anatomy & histology
Cranial Nerves anatomy & histology
Models, Anatomic
Muscle, Skeletal anatomy & histology
Skull anatomy & histology
Veins anatomy & histology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1971-4009
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The neuroradiology journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25923683
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1971400915576669