Three-Dimensional Computer Simulation of Stereotactic Surgery

Vol. 54, No. 1-8, 1990

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Paper

Three-Dimensional Computer Simulation of Stereotactic Surgery
Sun Ho Kim, Sang Sup Chung, Sun Kook Yoo, Won Ki Kim

Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Engineering, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1990;54:488-492 (DOI: 10.1159/000100260)

Key Words

Three-dimensional reconstruction
Surgical computer simulation

Abstract

Software which can be used to simulate stereotactic surgery on a personal computer was developed. Using the modified Todd-Wells frame coordinates, it can reconstruct a three-dimensional image of the brain structure and simulate the target trajectories before the operation. Also, it can calculate the volume of the target region and the distance between the target and certain points in arbitrary trajectory angles. lts optional mode can be used for simulation of conventional brain surgery for previewing deep-seated brain lesions in the operating position.

Author Contacts

Sun Ho Kim, MD, Dept. of Anatomy & Neuroscience and Physiology & Biophysics, Marine Biomedical Institute, 200 University Blvd., Galveston, Texas 77550-2772 (USA)

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