Placement of intraventricular catheters using flexible electromagnetic navigation and a dynamic reference frame: A new technique

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Rodt, Thomas ^a   Köppen, Gregory ^a   Lorenz, Martin ^a   Majdani, Omid ^a   Leinung, Martin ^a   Bartling, Soenke ^a   Kaminsky, Jan ^b   Krauss, Joachim K ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Computer assisted surgery; Dynamic reference frame; Flexible electromagnetic navigation; Hydrocephalus; Neuronavigation; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34547897684     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103263     Document Type: Article

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