Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery

Details Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery

1985-07-02

1989-02-21

Dority, Jr., Carroll B.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

403 90, 403115, 403131, A61B 1700

Patent

active

048056154

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery upon a target within a skull establishes a first, predetermined geometric relationship between a positioning fixture mounted on the skull and a scanning table surface upon which the skull is supported; and that geometric relationship is duplicated in a phantom fixture.

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