Effect of optical digitizer selection on the application accuracy of a surgical localization system - A quantitative comparison between the OPTOTRAK and FlashPoint tracking systems

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 314-321

  Li, Qinghang ^a   Zamorano, Lucia ^a   Jiang, Zhaowei ^a   Gong, Jian Xing ^a   Pandya, Abhilash ^a   Perez, Ramiro ^a   Diaz, Fernando ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application accuracy; Frameless system; Image guided surgery; Stereotactic neurosurgery; Tracking system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033402358     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0150(1999)4:6<314::AID-IGS3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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