The computer-assisted localizer, a navigational help in microneurosurgery

European Surgical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 481-487

  Spetzger, Uwe ^a   Gilsbach, J M ^a   Mosges R ^b   Schlondorff G ^b   Laborde, G ^c  

^a Departments of Neurosurgeryy   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Municipal Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Frameless stereotaxy; Image guided neurosurgery; Neuronavigation; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030659701     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: 14219921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129560     Document Type: Article

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