Geometrical accuracy of the Novalis stereotactic radiosurgery system for trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 351-355

  Rahimian, Javad ^a   Chen, Joseph C ^b   Rao, Ajay A ^b   Girvigian, Michael R ^b   Miller, Michael J ^b   Greathouse, Hugh E ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Novalis; Quality assurance; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51;

ACCURACY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FILM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 7244247111     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.supplement_3.0351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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