The efficient calculation of neurosurgically relevant volumes from computed tomographic scans using Cavalieri's Direct Estimator

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 339-343

  Clatterbuck, Richard E ^a   Sipos, Eric P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Computed tomography; Hydrocephalus; Ventricular system; Volumes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031022417     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199702000-00019     Document Type: Article

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