Combining steady-state constructive interference and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the surgical treatment of epidermoid tumors

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Murakami, Nobuya ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^a   Kuba, Hiroshi ^a   Ikezaki, Kiyonobu ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Mihara, Futoshi ^b   Inamura, Takanori ^a   Fukui, Masashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Constructive interference in steady state imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Epidermoid tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIFFUSION; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032694206     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101430050055     Document Type: Article

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