Computer simulation of a neurosurgical operation: Craniotomy for hypothalamic hamartoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 322-327

  Sgouros, Spiros ^a   Natarajan, Kalyan ^b   Walsh, A Richard ^a   Rolfe, Edward B ^b   Hockley, Anthony D ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Image segmentation; Image guided surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical computing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOTOMY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOTOMY; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031880692     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050234     Document Type: Article

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