title: Magnetic resonance planned thalamotomy followed by X-ray/CT-guided thalamotomy.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently the optimal neuroradiologic technique for visualizing the anterior and posterior commissure for defining the AC-PC line. CT is the optimal technique for electrode and probe guidance during stereotactic thalamotomy. Various possibilities of transferring or overlying MRI and CT are outlined which in some future might result in more refined methods of CT-MRI guidance for stereotactic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Delong
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Citrin
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jankel
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: MacArthur
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Nauta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narabayashi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013788:Thalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014202:Tremor / Q000601:surgery