Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery provides a basic understanding of how these systems operate, the potential pitfalls of each system, and how to use each in the treatment of a variety of disorders.

Features:

• Contains a CD that showcases all the color illustrations from the book
• Contains methods to avoid, recognize, and manage potential errors when using computer assisted neurosurgery
• Focuses on the general principles of computer assisted neurosurgery ranging from key theories to practical application of these systems in day-to-day practice
• Offers in-depth articles considering the evolution and future of the field, as well as advances in surgical planning and navigation
• Presents various approaches to manage brain shift and tissue deformations with MRI in the operating room
• Shows how navigation systems provide target guidance
• Includes methods to perform stereotactic brain biopsy and similar procedures without stereotactic frames

Contents

• Basic Principles
• Fundamentals of Registration
• Surgical Navigation System Technologies
• Target and Trajectory Guidance
• Pitfalls
• Technological Applications
• Brain Biopsy and Related Procedures
• CyberKnife Radiosurgery
• Intraoperative MRI
• Awake Craniotomy with Intraoperative Imaging
• Endoscopy
• Clinical Applications
• Minimal access Craniotomy
• Intracranial Gliomas
• Intracranial Meningiomas
• Transphenoidal Hypohysectomy
• Vascular Malformations
• Image-Guided Spinal Navigation
• Epilepsy
• Skull Base Neurosurgery

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