Is distortion correction necessary for digital subtraction angiography in the Gamma Knife treatment of intra-cranial arteriovenous malformations?

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-105

  Perks, J ^a,b   St George, E J ^a   Doughty, D ^a   Plowman, P N ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b London Radiosurgical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Distortion correction; Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0035737050     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056498     Document Type: Article

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