Prediction of volumetric data errors in patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-191

  Pan, Hung Chuan ^a,b   Cheng, Fu Chou ^b   Sun, Ming Hsi ^a   Chen, Chi Chang Clayton ^a   Sheehan, Jason ^c,d  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Data errors; Gamma Knife radiosurgery; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34249878223     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101297     Document Type: Article

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