title: A table-mounted stereotactic system for digital angiography: a means of standardizing arteriovenous malformation measurement.
abstract: A detachable noninvasive table-mounted stereotactic device is described for use with digital radiography. The device is designed for standard two-view orthogonal projections but may be adjusted to allow for projections angled from the axial plane. When applied to the imaging of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), it negates the influence of a variety of geometric and mechanical factors which would otherwise interfere with the determination of size. An accurate appreciation of AVM size, in turn, would allow a more reliable means of categorization of AVMs into distinctive groups for classification purposes and prognostication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elisevich
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Assis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*