Comparison of imaging modalities for the accurate delineation of arteriovenous malformation, with reference to stereotactic radiosurgery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1232-1238

  Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Katoh, Norio ^a   Kudo, Kohsuke ^a   Asano, Takeshi ^a   Kuroda, Satoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arteriovenous malformation; Computed tomography angiography; Image guided radiation therapy; Magnetic resonance angiography; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DIGITAL SUBTRACTED ANGIOGRAPHY (DSA); IMAGING MODALITIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA); STEREOTACTIC DSA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC DIGITAL SUBTRACTED ANGIOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VEIN; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 21244499660     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.03.039     Document Type: Article

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