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Virtual Reality in the Operating Room

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Modern imaging techniques have made the computer reconstruction of three-dimensional volumetric anatomy and pathological targets, such as tumors routine. They can be derived from preoperative CT or MRI scans, or the merging of both, sometimes with the addition of other modalities. The problem still to be solved is What is the most efficient and intuitive way to present this valuable three-dimensional information to the surgeon during an operation? It is virtual reality image guided surgery.

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  1. P. L. Gildenberg
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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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Gildenberg, P.L. (2009). Virtual Reality in the Operating Room. 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_46

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