title: Visualization of aneurysmal contours and perianeurysmal environment with conventional and transparent 3D MR cisternography.
abstract: We have developed conventional and transparent 3D MR cisternography to investigate the spatial relationship between the contours of aneurysmal complex and the perianeurysmal structures including the cranial nerves, dural fold, cranial base bone, and brain parenchyma. Volume data obtained by a T2-weighted 3D fast spin-echo sequence were reconstructed by using a perspective volume-rendering algorithm with a transluminal imaging technique. 3D MR cisternograms provide useful anatomic information in the therapeutic and follow-up management of unruptured cerebral aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Ryofukai Satoh Neurosurgical Hospital, 5-23-23 Matsunaga, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 729-0104, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omi
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohsako
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katsumata
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchimoto
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onoda
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugiu
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography