Stereotactic Accuracy of a 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Unit

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 140-145

  Azmi, Hooman ^a   Schulder, Michael ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla magnetic resonance unit; MRI; Stereotactic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNET; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0842299516     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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