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Abstract #2421

MR Visualization of Ventral Thalamic Nuclei

Kei Yamada1, Kentaro Akazawa, Sachiko Yuen, Mariko Goto, Shigenori Matsushima, Akiko Takahata, Tsunehiko Nishimura

1Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan


Ventrointermediate nucleus of the thalamus is located adjacent to and medial to the pyramidal tract and it can be identified on anisotropy maps of diffusion tensor imaging as well as inversion recovery sequences.