Can magnetic resonance imaging alone accurately define the arteriovenous nidus for gamma knife radiosurgery?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2002, Pages 464-470

  St George, Edward J ^a,b   Butler, P ^a   Plowman, P N ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b London Radiosurgical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cerebral arteriovenous malformation; Gamma knife; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0036897449     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.supplement_5.0464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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