Imaging of deep brain stimulation leads using extended hounsfield unit CT

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Hebb, Adam O ^b   Poliakov, Andrew V ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer assisted image processing; Deep brain stimulation; Extended Hounsfield unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; EXTENDED HOUNSFIELD UNIT COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62849096613     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209296     Document Type: Article

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