Tolerance dose in gamma knife surgery of lesions extending to the anterior visual pathway

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 230-233

  Kenai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Yamashita, Masanori ^a   Nakamura, Takaharu ^a   Asano, Tomoshige ^a   Sainoh, Michifumi ^a   Nagatomi, Hirofumi ^a  

^a Nagatomi Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nagatomi Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior visual pathway; Gamma knife surgery; Radiation induced neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR BURDEN; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 13744261437     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0230     Document Type: Article

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