Arterial territories of human brain: brainstem and cerebellum.
The development of neuroimaging has allowed clinicians to improve clinicoanatomic correlations in patients with strokes. Brainstem and cerebellum structures are well delineated on MRI, but there is a lack of standardization in their arterial supply. We present a system of 12 brainstem and cerebellum axial sections, depicting the dominant arterial territories and the most important anatomic structures. These sections may be used as a practical tool to determine arterial territories on MRI, and may help establish consistent clinicoanatomic correlations in patients with brainstem and cerebellar ischemic strokes.
Tatu
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Service de Neurologie, CHU Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France.
Moulin
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Bogousslavsky
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Duvernoy
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D001931:Brain Mapping; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging