Three-dimensional volume rendering for magnetic resonance angiography in the screening and preoperative workup of intracranial aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1050-1055

  Maeder, Philippe P ^a   Meuli, Reto A ^a   De Tribolet, Nicolas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

intraarterial digital subtraction angiography; intracranial aneurysm; magnetic resonance angiography; three dimensional rendering technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029908050     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.6.1050     Document Type: Article

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