Stereotactic localization with magnetic resonance imaging: A phantom study to compare the accuracy obtained using two-dimensional and three- dimensional data acquisitions

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-139

  Walton, Lee ^b   Hampshire, Anna ^b   Forster, David M C ^a   Kemeny, Andras A ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance distortion; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic localization; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030923738     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199707000-00027     Document Type: Article

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