Alignment correction algorithm for transformation of stereotactic anterior commissure/posterior commissure-based coordinates into frame coordinates for image-guided functional neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 806-812

  Krauss, Joachim K ^a,b   King, David E ^a   Grossman, Robert G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intercommissural line; Parkinson's disease; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MICROCOMPUTER; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031978659     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199804000-00070     Document Type: Article

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