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Accuracy in Stereotactic and Image Guidance

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Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Abstract

Stereotactic surgery has traditionally been defined by its unique mechanical instruments, by a subset of neurological and neurosurgical conditions, and by an expectation of accuracy and precision, but at its most fundamental level there is the underlying concept of co-registration. It is this ability to correlate an atlas or imaging study with the surgical field that enables the highly accurate, reliable, and safe procedures of the field today. This chapter will review the mathematical methodology underlying this process and the type of accuracy that can be achieved.

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  1. A. Hartov
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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Hartov, A., Roberts, D.W. (2009). Accuracy in Stereotactic and Image Guidance. 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_28

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