Image fusion for skull base neuronavigation. Technical note.
An automatic image fusion module (BrainLab, Munich, Germany) is used for the fusion of the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) data sets. The procedure of image fusion takes 5 minutes prior to surgery. The image fusion of CT and MR imaging data visualizes the skull base and tumor margins clearly. Color display of the different data sets allows the tumor and the skull base to be distinguished easily. The fused CT data in bone window mode provides useful additional information on the osseous skull base.
Sure
Ulrich
U
Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany. sure@post.med.uni-marburg.de
Benes
Ludwig
L
Riegel
Thomas
T
Schulte
Dirk Michael
DM
Bertalanffy
Helmut
H
D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000502:physiology*