Analysis of factors associated with volumetric data errors in gamma knife radiosurgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Yang, Dar Yu ^a,f   Sheehan, Jason ^b   Liu, Yung Sheng ^c   ChangLai, Sheng Pin ^a   Pan, Hung Chuan ^d,e   Chen, Chun Jung ^e   Chou, Ming Chih ^f  

^a CHANG BING SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Data errors; Gamma knife; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 56749169635     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177622     Document Type: Article

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