To improve anatomical definition and stereotactic precision of thalamic targets in neurosurgical treatments of chronic functional disorders, a new atlas of the human thalamus has been developed. This atlas is based on multiarchitectonic parcellation in sections parallel or perpendicular to the standard intercommissural reference plane. The calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin (PV), calbindin D-28K (CB), and calretinin […]
Background The purpose of this study was to describe targeting accuracy in functional neurosurgery using incisionless transcranial magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound technology. Methods MR examinations were performed before and 2 days after the ultrasound functional neurosurgical treatment to visualize the targets on T2-weighted images and determine their coordinates. Thirty consecutive targets were reconstructed: 18 were […]
The object of this study was to describe a method of measuring targeting accuracy in functional neurosurgery using MR imaging and the Stereotactic Atlas of the Human Thalamus and Basal Ganglia. This method should be useful for any functional procedure using these tools or similar ones, and is described here in the specific context of […]
Functional neurosurgery relies on robust localization of the subcortical target structures, which cannot be visualized directly with current clinically available in-vivo imaging techniques. Therefore, one has still to rely on an indirect approach, by transferring detailed histological maps onto the patient’s individual brain images. In contrast to macroscopic MRI atlases, which often represent the average […]
Chapter 1 Opening – A New Anatomical Framework for Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery and Neuroimaging Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/book/10.3109/9781420016796 The importance of the thalamus, basal ganglia and related cortical networks in sensory, motor, cognitive and emotional experiences is well recognized. The complexity of the circuitry is far from being fully comprehended, although great progress has already been […]
In: Kultas-Ilinsky K, Ilinsky IA, editors. Basal Ganglia and Thalamus in Health and Movement Disorders. New York: Kluwer Academic Plenum Press, pp. 61-67, 2001 Abstract Knowledge of the organization and connections of the basal ganglia has greatly advanced in recent years, and, concurrently, understanding and neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders of basal ganglia origin, primarily […]
In 1997, Morel, Magnin, and Jeanmonod presented a microscopic stereotactic atlas of the human thalamus. Parcellations of thalamic nuclei did not only use cyto- and myeloarchitectonic criteria, but were additionally corroborated by staining for calcium-binding proteins, which bears functional significance. The atlas complies with the Anglosaxon nomenclature elaborated by Jones and the data were sampled […]
To improve anatomical definition and stereotactic precision of thalamic targets in neurosurgical treatments of chronic functional disorders, a new atlas of the human thalamus has been developed. This atlas is based on multiarchitectonic parcellation in sections parallel or perpendicular to the standard intercommissural reference plane. The calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin (PV), calbindin D-28K (CB), and calretinin […]