title: Configuration of a robot dedicated to stereotactic surgery.
abstract: The design of a robot for functional stereotactic surgery which is under construction in our laboratory is described. The main features include operation inside the computed tomographic (CT) scanner, the possibility of intraoperative CT scanning and complete handling of the stereotactic probes by the robot.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glauser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flury
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Durr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Funakubo
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Burckhardt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Favre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schnyder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fankhauser
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*