Neuronavigation - First experiences with three different commercially available systems

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-22

  Wirtz, C R ^a,d   Knauth, M ^b   Hassfeld, S ^c   Tronnier, V M ^a   Albert, F K ^a   Bonsanto, M M ^a   Kunze, S ^a  

^a Neurochirurgische Univ Klin

^b Institut Für Neuroradiologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Frameless stereotaxy; Image guided surgery; Navigational accuracy; Surgical instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031951818     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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