Comparison of registration accuracy of skin- and bone-implanted fiducials for frameless stereotaxis of the brain: A prospective study

Skull Base

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-130

  Ammirati, Mario ^a   Gross, Jeffrey D ^a   Ammirati, Giuseppe ^a   Dugan, Sharon ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiducial markers; Frameless stereotaxis; Registration accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0036694367     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33458-1     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Frameless stereotaxy of the brain
2. Quantification of, visualization of, and compensation for brain shift using intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging
3. Technical accuracy of a neuronavigation system measured with a high-precision mechanical micromanipulator
4. Head registration techniques for image-guided surgery
5. Comments on in vivo accuracy testing and clinical experience with the ISG Wand
6. Accuracy of registration methods in frameless stereotaxis
7. Effects of coregistration of MR to CT images on MR stereotactic accuracy
8. Theoretical analysis and application accuracy of frame-based and frameless surgical localization systems
9. Beyond stereotaxy: Extreme levels of application accuracy are provided by implantable fiducial markers for interactive image-guided neurosurgery
10. Clinical use of a frameless stereotactic arm: Results of 325 cases
11. Registration error quantification of a surface-based multimodality image fusion system
12. Three-point transformation for integration of multiple coordinate systems: Applications to tumor, functional, and fractionated radiosurgery stereotactic planning
13. Preliminary experience using an optimized three-point transformation algorithm for spatial registration of coordinate systems: A method of noninvasive localization using frame-based stereotactic guidance systems
14. An accurate and ergonomic method of registration for image-guided neurosurgery
15. Frameless stereotaxy
16. In vivo accuracy testing and clinical experience with the ISG Wand
17. A frameless stereotactic approach to neurosurgical planning based on retrospective patient-image registration
18. Fiducial point placement and the accuracy of point-based, rigid body registration