Frameless laser-guided stereotaxis: A system for CT-monstored neurosurgical interventions

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 62-75

  Hussman, Karl L ^a,c   Chaloupka, John C ^a   Berger, Scott B ^a,b   Chon, Kennetlis ^a,b   Broderick, Maggie ^a,b  

^a Diagnostic Radiology   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brain; Ct scanning; Frameless; Laser; Stereotaxis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGERY; PHANTOM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER SURGERY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032413806     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029649     Document Type: Article

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