The operating microscope guided by a neuronavigation system: A technical note

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-143

  Gumprecht, H ^a,b   Lumenta, C B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microscope navigation; Minimally invasive neurosurgery; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0031696561     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052030     Document Type: Article

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