The invention of computerized axial tomography (now known as computerized tomography)
and developments of interactive software to allow virtual planning, with the aim to guide the …

Purpose: Neuronavigation based on preoperative imaging data is a ubiquitous tool for
image guidance in neurosurgery. However, it is rendered unreliable when brain shift …

BACKGROUND: Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) methodology, originally developed
by Talairach and Bancaud, is progressively gaining popularity for the presurgical invasive …

Image registration is the process of systematically placing separate images in a common
frame of reference so that the information they contain can be optimally integrated or …

Advances in the basic scientific research within the field of computer assisted oral and
maxillofacial surgery have enabled us to introduce features of these techniques into routine …

Object. This prospective study was conducted to quantify brain shifts during open cranial
surgery, to determine correlations between these shifts and image characteristics, and to …

Frame-based stereotaxy was developed in neurosurgery at the beginning of the last century,
evolving from atlas-based stereotaxy to stereotaxy based on the individual patient's image …

The article comprises three main parts: a historical review on navigation, the mathematical
basics for calculation and the clinical applications of navigation devices. Main historical …

Background. The authors have conducted a prospective study to evaluate the amount and
course of brain shift during microsurgical removal of supratentorial cerebral lesions, and to …

Neuronavigation, today a routine method in neurosurgery, has not yet been systematically
assessed in direct comparison with conventional microsurgical techniques. The aim of the …