Interactive Stereotactic Surgical System for the Removal of Intracranial Tumors Utilizing the CO2 Laser and CT-Derived Database

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-32, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 112-116

  Kall, Bruce A ^a,b   Kelly, Patrick J ^b,c   Goerss, Stephan J ^a,b  

^a SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LASERS; MATHEMATICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - VAPORIZATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS - EFFECTS; LASERS, CARBON DIOXIDE - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY/CT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR REMOVAL BY LASER; STEREOTACTICALLY DIRECTED LASER BEAMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREOTACTIC SPACE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0021892147     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1985.325611     Document Type: Article

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