The relationship of imaging techniques to the accuracy of frameless stereotaxy

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 136-141

  Schulder, Michael ^a,b   Fontana, Peter ^a   Lavenhar, Marvin A ^a   Carmel, Peter W ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Frameless stereotaxy; Stereotactic imaging; Surgical navigation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN SLICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0342700214     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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