Interstitial stereotactic radiosurgery

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 88, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Warnke, P C ^a   Kopitzki, K ^a   Ostertag, C B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Interstitial radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METASTASIS; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542473321     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6090-9_8     Document Type: Article

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