title: Computer-assisted three-dimensional reconstruction of the corticospinal system as a reference for CT and MRI.
abstract: We present a three-dimensional (3D) anatomical computer-graphics model of the corticospinal system acquired from equidistant serial anatomical slices of six intracranially-fixed human brains. This model is part of a neuroanatomical reference system (NeuRef) which enables 3D visualization of the brain and shows the relationship of its components such as anatomical structures, functional fibre tracts and arteries. Sections through the models can be matched with corresponding CT or MR images. This allows the probable localisation of corticospinal fibres on CT or MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanatomy, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buhmann
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kretschmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000473:pathology; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000473:pathology*; D012016:Reference Values; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed