Computer-assisted stereotaxis: new approaches for the management of intracranial intra-axial tumors.
Modifications of traditional stereotactic procedures have provided new options for the diagnosis and treatment of intracranial intra-axial neoplasms. The development of specific computer software for the incorporation of CT, MRI, and digital angiography data bases into a stereotactically defined computer image matrix for treatment planning and for interactive surgery allows a precision never before possible. These tumors may be stereotactically biopsied and treated by the stereotactic implantation of radionuclide sources or resected using computer-assisted stereotactic laser microsurgical techniques.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed