Neurovascular compression syndromes are caused by a pathological contact between cranial nerves and vascular structures at the surface of the brainstem. Aiming at improved pre-operative analysis of the target structures, we propose calculating distance fields to provide quantitative information of the important nerve-vessel contacts. Furthermore, we suggest reconstructing polygonal models for the nerves and vessels. Color-coding with the respective distance information is used for enhanced visualization. Overall, our new strategy contributes to a significantly improved clinical understanding.
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Süßmuth, J., Piazza, A., Enders, F., Naraghi, R., Greiner, G., & Hastreiter, P. (2009). Analysis and visualization of nerve vessel contacts for neurovascular decompression. In Informatik aktuell (pp. 21–25). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93860-6_5
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