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Robots are the tools for taking advantage of the skills of computers in achieving complicated tasks. This has been made possible owing to the “numerical image explosion ” which allowed us to easily obtain spatial coordinates, three dimensional reconstruction, multimodality imaging including digital subtraction angiography (DSA), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magneto encephalography (MEG), with high resolution in space, time, and tissue density. Neurosurgical robots currently available at the operating level are being described. Future evolutions, indications and ethical aspects are examined.
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Benabid, AL., Hoffmann, D., Seigneuret, E., Chabardes, S. (2006). Robotics in neurosurgery: which tools for what?. In: Nimsky, C., Fahlbusch, R. (eds) Medical Technologies in Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements, vol 98. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-33303-7_7
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