ARTERIAL TERRITORIES OF HUMAN BRAIN - BRAIN-STEM AND CEREBELLUM

The development of neuroimaging has allowed clinicians to improve clin icoanatomic correlations in patients with strokes. Brainstem and cereb ellum structures are well delineated on MRI, but there is a lack of st andardization in their arterial supply. We present a system of 12 brai nstem and cerebellum axial sections, depicting the dominant arterial t erritories and the most important anatomic structures. These sections may be used as a practical tool to determine arterial territories on M RI, and may help establish consistent clinicoanatomic correlations in patients with brainstem and cerebellar ischemic strokes.