Stereotactic imaging quality assurance using an anthropomorphic phantom

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 248-255

  Drzymala, Robert E ^a,b   Mutic, Sasa ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIR/RadOnc/Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Radiosurgery; Stereotaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0033385438     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0150(1999)4:5<248::AID-IGS2>3.3.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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