Localization of cerebral arterovenous malformations using digital angiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2024-2030

  Vitali, Angelo ^a   Salmoiraghi, Paolo ^a   Butti, Ivana ^a   Pompei, Luciano ^a   Sarti, Enrico ^a   Caverni, Lionello ^a   Petroboni, Enrico ^a   Merli, Rossella ^a   Remuzzi, Andrea ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterovenous malformations; Digital subtraction angiography; Image analysis; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Target localization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; LOCATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY DEVICES; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTEROVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET LOCALIZATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRANSFORMATION MATRICES;

ERRORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CALCULATION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033801531     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1288395     Document Type: Article

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