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CT/MRI Technology: Basic Principles

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Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Abstract

Ever since the beginning of human stereotactic neurosurgery in 1947 [1], the radiological study has been an absolute prerequisite for the very existence of this surgery. Furthermore, the radiological study has always constituted an integral part of the surgical procedure itself. It was indeed the limitations of conventional radiology (plain X-ray, pneumoencephalography, ventriculography, arteriography), which for a long time did put the limits for what could be achieved with stereotactic neurosurgery.

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  1. Canadian Research Chair in Neuroscience (Tier 1), 399 Bathurst St. WW 4-447, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Andres M. Lozano (Professor of Surgery and RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute President, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery) (Professor of Surgery and RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute President, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)

  2. Houston Stereotactic Concepts, Inc., 2260 West Holcombe Boulevard Suite 309, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA

    Philip L. Gildenberg

  3. University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst St. WW 4-447, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Ronald R. Tasker

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Hariz, M.I., Zrinzo, L. (2009). CT/MRI Technology: Basic Principles. In: Lozano, A.M., Gildenberg, P.L., Tasker, R.R. (eds) Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69960-6_18

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