Interventional MRI-guided frameless stereotaxy in pediatric patients

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 182-190

  Vitaz, Todd W ^a,b   Hushek, Stephen G ^a   Shields, Christopher B ^a   Moriarty, Thomas M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Pediatric brain tumors; Stereotactic procedures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042674112     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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