Interactive Image Guided Neurosurgery is a comprehensive book which studies the impact of computerized image processing and threeundefined;dimensional special localizers on the accurate localization of intracranial pathology.
Topics covered in Interactive Image Guided Neurosurgery include:
- Stereotactic frame systems and intraoperative localization devices
- Image registration based on discrete anatomic structures
- Imageundefined;based frameless stereotactic radiosurgery
- The role of computers and medical imaging in stereotactic neurosurgery
- The Neuronavigator: A potentiometerundefined;based localization arm system
- Intraoperative computed tomographic localization
- Intraoperative microendoscopy
(Distributed by Thieme for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
Table of Contents:
Yesterday's Tomorrow: The Clinical Relevance of Image-Guided Surgery;. Stereotactic Frame Systems and Intraoperative Localization Devices;.
A Review of Medical Image Registration;.
Image Registration Based on Anatomical Surface Matching;.
Image Registration Based on Discrete Anatomical Structures;.
Image-based Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery;.
The Role of Computers and Medical Imaging in Stereotactic Neurosurgery;.
Modification of Stereotactic Frame Guidance Arcs Using Optical Encoder Verniers;.
The Sonic Digitizing Microscope;.
Frameless Stereotaxy Using a Sonic Digitizing Wand: Development and Adaptation to the Picker ViStar Medical Imaging System;.
A Comparison of a PUMA Robotic System and the ISG Viewing Wand for Neurosurgery;.
The Neuronavigator: A Potentiometer based Localization Arm System;.
An Articulated Localizing Arm for Otolarynology;.
An Articulated Localizing Arm for Neurosurgical Use;.
Implementation of a Machine Vision Method for Stereotactic Localization and Guidance;.
A Comparison of Sonic digitizers Versus Light Emitting Diode Based Localization;.
Intraoperative Computed Tomographic Localization;.
Intraoperative Microendoscopy;.
The Oulu Neuronavigator System: intraoperative Ultrasonography in the Verification of Neurosurgical Localization and Visualization;.
Registered Intraoperative Information: Electrophysiology, Ultrasound and Endoscopy
