title: Intraoperative navigation during resection of brain metastases.
abstract: This article reviews the authors' experience with image-guided surgery for brain metastases and discusses specifically the impact of the frameless viewing wand system on standard craniotomy techniques for this disorder. Topics discussed include patient selection, interactive image-guided neurosurgical resection of brain metastases, and other image-guided neurosurgical systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kondziolka
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Lunsford
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003199:Computer Systems; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*