Image fusion of MR images and real-time ultrasonography: Evaluation of fusion accuracy combining two commercial instruments, a neuronavigation system and a ultrasound system

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-277

  Schlaier, Jürgen R ^a   Warnat, J ^a   Dorenbeck, U ^a   Proescholdt, M ^a   Schebesch, K M ^a   Brawanski, A ^a   Unsgard, Geirmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Frameless stereotaxy; Image fusion; Neuronavigation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BRAIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONAVIGATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1842584485     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0155-6     Document Type: Article

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