How to make a three-dimensional surgical illustration of cerebral vessels with a personal computer: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 221-224

  Kakizawa, Yukinari ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Yuichiro ^a   Okudera, Hiroshi ^a   Koyama, Toru ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeaki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vessels; Personal computer; Surgical illustration; Surgical planning; Three dimensional image

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034972632     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200107000-00038     Document Type: Article

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