Modern neurosurgical concepts call for not only "seeing" but also for "localizing" structures in three-dimensional space in relationship to each other. Hence there is a need for a reference system. This book aims to put this notion into practice by means of anatomical and MRI sections with the same stereotaxic orientation. The purpose is to display the fundamental distribution of structures in three-dimensional space and their spatial evolution within the brain as a whole, while facilitating their identification; to make comparative studies of cortico-subcortical lesions possible on a basis of an equivalent reference system; to exploit the anatomo-functional data such as those furnished by SEEG in epilepsy and to enable the localization of special regions such as the SMA in three-dimensional space; and to apply the anatomical correlations of this reference system to neurophysiological investigations lacking sufficient anatomical back-up (including PET scan).

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This textbook for neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, and neuropsychologists provides greater insight and precision in the interpretation of cerebral space by using MRI images adjusted to a proposed reference system as a basis. The authors' approach involves the following consecutive steps: improve identification of each structure by reviewing the macroscopic organization of structures and comparing the two types of representation, MRI and stereotaxic anatomy; localize structures in space by systematically using the proportional commisura anterior--commisura posterior-based grid system, with a three-dimensional component, to locate a given structure in the best possible way; and integrate white-matter into gray-matter MR imagery (the topographical analysis of white matter is carried out indirectly using the same reference CA--CP grid system. 9.25x12" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Universite Rene Descartes, Paris, France. Atlas of MRI brain anatomy, for neurosurgeons, neurologists, and neuroradiologists. Translation of the French original manuscript, otherwise unidentified.