Robotic three-dimensional positioning of a stimulation electrode in the brain

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Hefti, J L ^a   Epitaux, M ^a   Glauser, D ^a   Fankhauser, H ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Electrode positioning; Electrostimulation; Neurosurgery; Robotics; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031904307     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0150(1998)3:1<1::AID-IGS1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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