title: Computer-assisted 3D reconstruction of the terminal branches of the cerebral arteries. I. Anterior cerebral artery.
abstract: We present a three-dimensional anatomical computer model of the terminal branches of the anterior cerebral artery, acquired from equidistant serial anatomical slices of three brains. The reconstructions provide a clear picture from all angles of the complicated course of the terminal branches of the cerebral arteries, which can help to identify them on conventional and magnetic resonance angiography. Our rendition of the cerebral arteries can also be matched with CT, MR or PET images to indicate the areas of extension of individual branches, allowing neuromorphological and functional correlations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanatomy, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gloger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gloger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kretschmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000098:blood supply; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D012016:Reference Values