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Computer graphics with computerized tomography for functional neurosurgery.

T L Hardy·J Koch·A Lassiter
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A computer graphics technique for computer-assisted stereotactic surgery is presented. The program is designed to aid the surgeon by presenting an on-line graphics display of stereotactic probes and electrodes superimposed on cross sections of the human brain stem. This technique simulates an otherwise blind surgical procedure on a graphics screen for use during surgery. An earlier system based around the DEC MINC-11 BA computer system has been used by the authors for the performance of stereotactic surgery with conventional ventriculography. This system has been upgraded and is now configured about an even more compact microprocessor-based hardware system with expanded graphics capabilities, which also allows its use with computerized tomography.

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T L Hardy, J Koch, A Lassiter. 1983. Computer graphics with computerized tomography for functional neurosurgery.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000101265

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