Ultrasound imaging in neurosurgery: Approaches to minimize surgically induced image artefacts for improved resection control

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 973-980

  Selbekk, Tormod ^a,b,c   Jakola, Asgeir Store ^b,c   Solheim, Ole ^b,c   Johansen, Tonni Franke ^a,b   Lindseth, Frank ^a,b,c   Reinertsen, Ingerid ^a,b,c   Unsgård, Geirmund ^b,c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Enhancement artefact; Intraoperative imaging; Neurosurgery; Resection control; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound; Ultrasound artefacts

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878786669     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1647-7     Document Type: Review

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