Tumor-volume changes after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: Implications for follow-up MR imaging protocol

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 906-910

  Meijer, O W M ^a   Weijmans, E J ^a   Knol, D L ^a   Slotman, B J ^a   Barkhof, F ^a   Vandertop, W P ^a   Castelijns, J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEURILEMMOMA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 43649087413     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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