Cerebral arteriovenous malformations: Improved nidus demarcation by means of dynamic tagging MR-angiography

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Essig, Marco ^a   Engenhart, R ^a   Knopp, M V ^a   Bock, M ^a   Scharf, J ^a   Debus, J ^a   Wenz, F ^a   Hawighorst, H ^a   Schad, L R ^a   Van Kaick, G ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

AVM; Blood bolus tagging; MR Angiography; Radiosurgery planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029999278     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0730-725X(95)02102-Y     Document Type: Article

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