Treatment planning of brain implants using vascular information and a new template technique

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 729-736

  De Bree, J ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a   Raaymakers, B W ^a   Bakker, C J G ^a   Hulshof, M C C M ^a   Koot, R W ^a   Hanlo, P W ^a   Struikmans, H ^a   Ramos, L M P ^a   Battermann, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain implants; Implantation template; Interstitial hyperthermia; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAIN IMPLANTS; IMPLANTATION TEMPLATE; INTERSTITIAL HYPERTHERMIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR INFORMATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032173360     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.736026     Document Type: Article

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