摘要
The extremely complex anatomic relationships among bone, tumor, blood vessels and cranial nervesremains a big challenge for cranial base tumor surgery. Therefore, a good understanding of the patient specific anatomy and a preoperative planning are helpful and crucial for the neurosurgeons. Three dimensional （3-D） visualization of various imaging techniques have been widely explored to enhance the comprehension of volumetric data for surgical planning.
The extremely complex anatomic relationships among bone, tumor, blood vessels and cranial nervesremains a big challenge for cranial base tumor surgery. Therefore, a good understanding of the patient specific anatomy and a preoperative planning are helpful and crucial for the neurosurgeons. Three dimensional （3-D） visualization of various imaging techniques have been widely explored to enhance the comprehension of volumetric data for surgical planning.
