title: Technical and clinical aspects of CT-directed stereotaxis.
abstract: A system has been developed for using computed tomography to direct stereotactic neurosurgical procedures. This system operates with many commercially available CT body scanners and does not require any modification to be made to either the scanner or its computer software. The use of this system does not require rigid fixation of the patient to the scanner nor meticulous patient positioning in the scanner.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed