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Quality evaluation of spiral CT-directed skull base coordinate assignment using the Leibinger 'Z-D' frame and 'STP' software.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11813999     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We employed a phantom model to evaluate the accuracy and precision of spiral CT-directed intracranial skull base coordinate assignment using the Leibinger 'ZD' frame and 'stp' stereotactic software. Whilst the difference between the true and computed coordinates was in the perimillimeter range for anteroposterior, lateral and vertical measurements in a 1-mm slice thickness series of scans, errors of greater than 4 mm were encountered in 60% of vertical measurements in a 2-mm slice thickness series. Potential explanations for this clinically significant observation are discussed.
Authors:
D F O'Brien; G A Roberts; C N Pidgeon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  British journal of neurosurgery     Volume:  15     ISSN:  0268-8697     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Neurosurg     Publication Date:  2001 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-01-29     Completed Date:  2002-02-13     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8800054     Medline TA:  Br J Neurosurg     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  479-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Phantoms, Imaging
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Skull Base / radiography*
Software*
Statistics as Topic
Stereotaxic Techniques / instrumentation*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

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