Analysis of vestibular schwannoma size in multiple dimensions: A comparative cohort study of different measurement techniques

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Varughese, J K ^a   Wentzel Larsen, T ^b   Vassbotn, F ^a,b   Moen, G ^b   Lund Johansen, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77950913045     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2010.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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