Neuroendoscopy based on computer assisted adjustment of the endoscope holder in the laboratory

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 208-214

  Burtscher, Johannes ^a,b   Sweeney, R ^a   Bale, R ^a   Eisner, W ^a   Twerdy, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Frameless stereotaxis; Neuroendoscopy; Stereotaxy; VBH head holder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPE HOLDER; ENDOSCOPIC SEPTOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC NEUROENDOSCOPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FENESTRATION, LABYRINTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0141817822     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42348     Document Type: Article

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