Comparison of the reliability of brain lesion localization when using traditional and stereotactic image-guided techniques: A prospective study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-427

  Spivak, Carl J ^b   Pirouzmand, Fahrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Neuronavigation; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCALP; STEREOTAXIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCALP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27244455734     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.3.0424     Document Type: Article

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