CT-guided "real time" stereotaxy.
Starting from a previously developed 3-D digitizer for a CT correlated topographic orientation during open brain surgery a computerized targeting device was constructed specially designed for stereotaxy. CT and later MRI data are transferred to an IBM compatible personal computer. The spatial information is registered by a multi-axis measuring arm. Advantages and future development of computerized stereotaxy are discussed.
Reinhardt
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Neurosurgical University Clinic, Kantonsspital, Basel, Switzerland.
Landolt
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D003196:Computer Graphics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*