Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Topographical Cerebral Surface Anatomy for Presurgical Planning With Free OsiriX Software

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet V. Harput ◽  
Pablo Gonzalez-Lopez ◽  
Uğur Türe
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Tumor Location ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Images ◽  
Indocyanine Green Videoangiography ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Surface Anatomy ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Surgical Field ◽  
High Resolution Ultrasonography

Abstract BACKGROUND: During surgery for intrinsic brain lesions, it is important to distinguish the pathological gyrus from the surrounding normal sulci and gyri. This task is usually tedious because of the pia-arachnoid membranes with their arterial and venous complexes that obscure the underlying anatomy. Moreover, most tumors grow in the white matter without initially distorting the cortical anatomy, making their direct visualization more difficult. OBJECTIVE: To create and evaluate a simple and free surgical planning tool to simulate the anatomy of the surgical field with and without vessels. METHODS: We used free computer software (OsiriX Medical Imaging Software) that allowed us to create 3-dimensional reconstructions of the cerebral surface with and without cortical vessels. These reconstructions made use of magnetic resonance images from 51 patients with neocortical supratentorial lesions operated on over a period of 21 months (June 2011 to February 2013). The 3-dimensional (3-D) anatomic images were compared with the true surgical view to evaluate their accuracy. In all patients, the landmarks determined by 3-D reconstruction were cross-checked during surgery with high-resolution ultrasonography; in select cases, they were also checked with indocyanine green videoangiography. RESULTS: The reconstructed neurovascular structures were confirmed intraoperatively in all patients. We found this technique to be extremely useful in achieving pure lesionectomy, as it defines tumor's borders precisely. CONCLUSION: A 3-D reconstruction of the cortical surface can be easily created with free OsiriX software. This technique helps the surgeon perfect the mentally created 3-D picture of the tumor location to carry out cleaner, safer surgeries.

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Using Stereo Pairs from Serial Thick Sections

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 562-563
Author(s):  
Robert Glaeser ◽  
Thomas Bauer ◽  
David Grano
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Serial Sections ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Stereo Imagery ◽  
Whole Mounts

In transmission electron microscopy, the 3-dimensional structure of an object is usually obtained in one of two ways. For objects which can be included in one specimen, as for example with elements included in freeze- dried whole mounts and examined with a high voltage microscope, stereo pairs can be obtained which exhibit the 3-D structure of the element. For objects which can not be included in one specimen, the 3-D shape is obtained by reconstruction from serial sections. However, without stereo imagery, only detail which remains constant within the thickness of the section can be used in the reconstruction; consequently, the choice is between a low resolution reconstruction using a few thick sections and a better resolution reconstruction using many thin sections, generally a tedious chore. This paper describes an approach to 3-D reconstruction which uses stereo images of serial thick sections to reconstruct an object including detail which changes within the depth of an individual thick section.

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the chromatin bodies in the nuclei of mature erythrocytes from the newt Triturus cristatus: the number of nuclear envelope-attachment sites

1979 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
A.B. Murray ◽  
H.G. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Interphase Nuclei ◽  
Interphase Chromosome ◽  
Triturus Cristatus ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Attachment Sites ◽  
Chromatin Body ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Discrete Site

The arrangement of the chromatin bodies in the interphase nuclei of 6 erythrocytes has been investigated by means of 3-dimensional reconstruction from electron micrographs of serial sections. When the borders of chromatin bodies are marked on the surface of each model, discrete areas of chromatin in contact with the nuclear envelope are revealed. The number of these areas in approximately equal to the number of chromosomes in the diploid set. The data suggest that each chromatin body corresponds to a condensed interphase chromosome and that each chromosome is attached to one discrete site on the nuclear envelope. The data are insufficient to show whether or not the condensed chromosomes are arranged in any orderly pattern in these nuclei.

Computational fluid dynamics in a model of the total cavopulmonary connection reconstructed using magnetic resonance images

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (S3) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Socci ◽  
Francesca Gervaso ◽  
Francesco Migliavacca ◽  
Giancarlo Pennati ◽  
Gabriele Dubini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Images ◽  
Total Cavopulmonary Connection ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
Human Bones ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Cavopulmonary Connection

The recent developments in imaging techniques have created new opportunities to give an accurate description of the three-dimensional morphology of vessels. Such three-dimensional reconstruction of anatomical structures from medical images has achieved importance in several applications, such as the reconstruction of human bones, spine portions, and vascular districts.

scholarly journals An Improved Method for Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Protein Expression Patterns in Intact Mouse and Chicken Embryos and Organs

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 925-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Ahnfelt-Rønne ◽  
Mette C. Jørgensen ◽  
Jacob Hald ◽  
Ole D. Madsen ◽  
Palle Serup ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Simultaneous Detection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Improved Method ◽  
Intact Mouse ◽  
Chicken Embryos ◽  
Tissue Sections ◽  
Cellular Resolution ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction

We have developed a wholemount immunofluorescence protocol for the simultaneous detection of up to three proteins in mouse and chicken embryos. Combined with Murray's clearing reagent (BABB) and microscope objectives with long working ranges and high numerical apertures mounted on a confocal microscope, cellular resolution can be obtained in depths offering the possibility of examining expression patterns in entire organs or embryos. Three-dimensional projections of the optical confocal sections can be computed with computer software allowing rotation around any axis. The protocol is robust and we find that most antibodies working on tissue sections also work with this protocol. This manuscript contains online supplemental material at http://www.jhc.org . Please visit this article online to view these materials.

A three-dimensional reconstruction of the polygonal pattern on placental coated-vesicle membranes

1976 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
C.D. Ockleford
Keyword(s):  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Surface Structure ◽  
Human Placenta ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
Vesicle Formation ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Vesicle Membranes ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Polygonal Pattern

There is a surface structure on the coated vesicles of human placenta. Some features of this structure have been examined. Measurements of the polygonal network seen in surface views have been made and compared with measurements of structures projecting from vesicle walls in median sections. A 3-dimensional reconstruction of the vesicle shows the pattern to be one of raised ridges. Use of a goniometer to tilt the specimens has confirmed the assumption that both types of image obtained as from one structure. Although it is usually the case that vesicles are approximately spherical, some are definitely irregularly shaped. For this reason it is suggested that the walls of the polygons need not always be packed into a structure with a regular and precisely maintained pattern. Consideration of the surface structure in the light of current understanding of the cell membrane as a dynamic system leads to a possible explanation of the process of vesicle formation in this context and of the selective nature of uptake by micropinocytosis.

Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Measurement of the Vestibular End-Organs

1988 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Takagi ◽  
Isamu Sando ◽  
Akira Takagi ◽  
Isamu Sando
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Bone ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Small Computer ◽  
Lateral Semicircular Canal ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Vestibular Endorgans ◽  
Length And Area ◽  
Bone Structures

It is very valuable for temporal bone morphologists to be able to recognize temporal bone serial sections in three dimensions and to be able to measure temporal bone structures three-dimensionally. We can now do 3-dimensional reconstruction to visualize the structures of vestibular endorgans (utricular and saccular maculae) and measure these endorgans in space by means of a small computer system and software that we developed. As well as obtaining the dimensions—such as length and area—of the utricular and saccular maculae, we also found that (1) most of the utricular macula lies in one plane, which is the same as the plane of the lateral semicircular canal, (2) the saccular macula is shaped like part of a sphere, and (3) the angle between the two maculae is less than a right angle. Such knowledge is indispensable to the evaluation of the function of the utricular and saccular maculae.)

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