Brain arteriovenous malformations

MT Lawton, WC Rutledge, H Kim, C Stapf… - Nature reviews disease …, 2015 - nature.com
An arteriovenous malformation is a tangle of dysplastic vessels (nidus) fed by arteries and
drained by veins without intervening capillaries, forming a high-flow, low-resistance shunt …

Image guidance for precise conformal radiotherapy

TR Mackie, J Kapatoes, K Ruchala, W Lu, C Wu… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To review the state of the art in image-guided precision conformal radiotherapy
and to describe how helical tomotherapy compares with the image-guided practices being …

Imaging of cerebral arteriovenous malformations and dural arteriovenous fistulas

M Mossa-Basha, J Chen… - Neurosurgery …, 2012 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Imaging plays a major role in the identification, grading, and treatment of cerebral
arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) …

Intracranial arteriovenous malformation: time-resolved contrast-enhanced MR angiography with combination of parallel imaging, keyhole acquisition, and k-space …

CA Taschner, J Gieseke, V Le Thuc, H Rachdi… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To prospectively compare the agreement between digital subtraction angiography
(DSA) and time-resolved magnetic resonance (MR) angiography with sensitivity encoding …

Early results of CyberKnife radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations

F Colombo, C Cavedon, L Casentini… - Journal of …, 2009 - thejns.org
Object The authors describe a method that utilizes an image-guided robotic radiosurgical
apparatus (the CyberKnife) for treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) …

Advances in radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations of the brain

BA Rubin, A Brunswick, H Riina, D Kondziolka - Neurosurgery, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Arteriovenous malformations of the brain are a considerable source of morbidity and
mortality for patients who harbor them. Although our understanding of this disease has …

Internal carotid artery transposition as risk factor in pharyngeal surgery

B Galletti, S Bucolo, G Abbate, G Calabrese… - The …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective/Hypothesis Injuries to the internal carotid artery during simple pharyngeal
surgical procedures can be catastrophic for the risk of massive bleeding. The aims of the …

Arterial spin labeling for pediatric central nervous system diseases: techniques and clinical applications

M Kitajima, H Uetani - Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In this article, we first review recent technical developments of ASL and age-dependent
physiological characteristics in pediatric brain perfusion. We then review the clinical …

Investigating the oxygenation of brain arteriovenous malformations using quantitative susceptibility mapping

E Biondetti, A Rojas-Villabona, M Sokolska, FB Pizzini… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital vascular anomalies characterized
by arteriovenous shunting through a network of coiled and tortuous vessels. Because of this …

Integration of three-dimensional corticospinal tractography into treatment planning for gamma knife surgery

K Maruyama, K Kamada, M Shin, D Itoh, S Aoki… - Journal of …, 2005 - thejns.org
Object. In the radiosurgical treatment of critically located lesions, the effort to minimize the
risk of complication is essential. In this study the integration of diffusion-tensor (DT) imaging …