Abstract
Cerebral angiography has long been the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of AVMs of the brain. Indeed, there is currently no better method for precisely defining the arterial supply, venous drainage pattern, and associated vascular anomalies (such as aneurysms) associated with AVMs. In the past, stereotactic angiography was also the only available method for precisely localizing AVMs for radiosurgical treatment. In this chapter, the methodology of stereotactic angiography will be discussed in detail, concluding with a review of some of the inherent drawbacks of angiography as it relates to stereotactic localization. Readers unfamiliar with the definition of stereotactic coordinates may wish to read the initial three sections of Chapter 4 first.
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Friedman, W.A., Bova, F.J., Buatti, J.M., Mendenhall, W.M. (1998). Stereotactic Angiography. In: Linac Radiosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2176-0_3
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