Virtual endoscopy for planning endoscopic third ventriculostomy procedures

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Burtscher, Johannes ^a   Dessl, A ^b   Bale, R ^b   Eisner, W ^b   Auer, A ^b   Twerdy, K ^b   Felber, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Endoscopy; Third ventriculostomy; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034094911     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028903     Document Type: Article

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