The V-Localizer for Stereotactic Guidance.

computed tomography (ct) frame-based stereotactic surgery image-guided radiosurgery image-guided surgery magnetic resonance imaging (mri) monte carlo simulation n-localizer stereotactic frame stereotactic radiosurgery (srs) stereotactic surgery

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Historique:
accepted: 20 07 2021
entrez: 30 7 2021
pubmed: 31 7 2021
medline: 31 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Image-guidance for frame-based stereotaxis is facilitated by incorporating three to four N-localizers or Sturm-Pastyr localizers into a stereotactic frame. An extant frame that incorporates only two N-localizers violates the fundamental principle of the N-localizer, which requires three non-colinear points to define a plane in three-dimensional space. Hence, this two N-localizer configuration is susceptible to error. The present article proposes the V-localizer that comprises multiple diagonal bars to provide four or more non-colinear points to minimize error.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34327109
doi: 10.7759/cureus.16535
pmc: PMC8301297
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e16535

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Brown et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Russell A Brown (RA)

Principal Engineer, Retired, Palo Alto, USA.

Armando L Alaminos-Bouza (AL)

Medical Physics, MEVIS Informática Médica Ltda., São Paulo, BRA.

Andres E Bruna (AE)

Medical Physics, Fi.Me. Fïsica Médica Srl, Córdoba, ARG.

Mark Sedrak (M)

Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, USA.

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