Identification of the Facial Colliculus in Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Images

摘要

The facial colliculus (FC), an important landmark for planning a surgical approach to brainstem cavernous malformation (BCM), is a microstructure; therefore, it may be difficult to identify on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Three-dimensional (3D) images may improve the FC-identification certainty; hence, this study attempted to validate the FC-identification certainty between two-dimensional (2D) and 3D images of patients with a normal brainstem and those with BCM.