Volumetrical measurements in vestibular schwannoma, the influence of slice thickness and patient's repositioning

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 962-968

  Luppino, Floriana S ^a   Grooters, Edward ^a   De Bruïne, Francisca T ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Van Der Mey, Andel G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Patients' repositioning; Tumour growth detection; Tumour size determination; Variable slice thickness; Vestibular schwannoma; Volumetrical measurement methods

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; VOLUMETRY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33749355926     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000235371.39998.a7     Document Type: Article

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