title: Novel Software for Performing Leksell Stereotactic Surgery without the Use of Printing Films: Technical Note.
abstract: Hospitals in Japan have recently begun to employ the DICOM viewer system on desktop or laptop monitors. However, conventional embedding surgery for deep-brain stimulation with the Leksell stereotactic system (LSS) requires printed X-ray films for defining the coordination, coregistration of actual surgical films with the reference coordinates, and validation of the needle trajectories. While just performing these procedures on desktop or laptop monitors, the authors were able to develop novel software to facilitate complete digital manipulation with the Leksell frame without printing films. In this study, we validated the practical use of LSS, and benefit of this software in the Takanobashi Central Hospital and Kagoshima University Hospital.
authors.affiliation: Gamma-Knife Center, Takanobashi Central Hospital.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Tomohide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akimitsu
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hanaya
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arita
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurisu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011327:Printing; D012984:Software; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed