title: Mathematical means to allow computer calculation of stereotaxic settings.
abstract: Stereotaxic instruments have wide use in neuroscience research. In certain of these machines the electrode can be introduced at an angle as well as perpendicularly. Computation of instrument settings to place the electrode in the desired location is the problem this paper addresses. Mathematical formulae are presented that allow a computer to calculate instrument settings given coordinates and angles read from a stereotaxic atlas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Histology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Ireland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003201:Computers; D012984:Software; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*