BrainLab VectorVision neuronavigation system: Technology and clinical experiences in 131 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-105

  Gumprecht, Hartmut K ^a   Widenka, Darius C ^a   Lumenta, Christianto B ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral lesion; Frameless stereotaxy; Neuroendoscopy; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSURGERY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032949679     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00056     Document Type: Article

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