Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas: Evaluation of Different Radiological Criteria Based on CT and MRI

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1996, Issue 65, 1996, Pages 66-69

  Verheggen, R ^a   Finkenstaedt, M ^a   Bockermann, V ^a   Markakis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical and malignant meningioma; Computerised evaluation method; CT (computed tomography); NMR (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029691023     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9450-8_19     Document Type: Article

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