A simplified method to integrate metabolic images in stereotactic procedures using a PET/CT scanner

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 208-212

  Picozzi, Piero ^a   Rizzo, Giovanna ^b   Landoni, Claudio ^a,c   Attuati, Luca ^a   Franzin, Alberto ^a   Messa, Cristina ^a,c   Da Passano, Camillo Ferrari ^a   Bettinardi, Valentine ^a   Fazio, Ferruccio ^a,b,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology CNR

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography positron emission tomography; Gamma Knife radiosurgery; GammaPlan software; Multimodal image processing

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARDIZATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; SOFTWARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645657608     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091951     Document Type: Article

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