Fusion of magnetic resonance angiography and magnetic resonance imaging for surgical planning for meningioma - Technical note

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 418-421

  Kashimura, Hiroshi ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Arai, Hiroshi ^a   Beppu, Takaaki ^a   Inoue, Takashi ^a,b   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^c   Matsuda, Koichi ^c   Takahashi, Yujiro ^c   Fujiwara, Shunrou ^d   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Advanced Medical Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fusion imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningioma; Three dimensional time of flight magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FUSION IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 52649097567     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.418     Document Type: Article

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