Distortion of magnetic resonance images used in gamma knife radiosurgery treatment planning: Implications for acoustic neuroma outcomes

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1220-1228

  Poetker, David M ^a   Jursinic, Paul A ^a   Runge Samuelson, Christina L ^a   Wackym, P Ashley ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma knife; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pixel shift; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

ARTIFACTS; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22244456142     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000172413.64907.53     Document Type: Article

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