Normal anatomy of the hippocampus and adjacent temporal lobe: high-resolution fast spin-echo MR images in volunteers correlated with cadaveric histologic sections.
This essay illustrates the appearances of sections of the normal hippocampus and adjacent temporal lobe on high-resolution heavily T2-weighted fast spin-echo MR images and correlates them with histologic sections. We found that this MR examination showed the detailed anatomy of the normal hippocampus in a much shorter time than is possible with conventional spin-echo techniques. The information provided in this essay can be used as a baseline for distinguishing between normal and abnormal hippocampi in a variety of disease states.
Tien
R D
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Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Felsberg
G J
GJ
Crain
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D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology*