The influence of head frame distortions on stereotactic localization and targeting

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3877-3887

  Treuer, H ^a   Hunsche, S ^a   Hoevels, M ^a   Luyken, K ^a   Maarouf, M ^a   Voges, J ^a   Sturm, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHASE MODULATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DISTORTIONS; STEREOTACTIVE HEAD FRAME;

MEDICINE;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; COPPER; IODINE 125; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 4544257201     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/17/004     Document Type: Article

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