Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1996-06-25
1998-08-18
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
2502013, 359358, 600310, A61B 500
Patent
active
057952957
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for use during a neurosurgical procedure to enable a multi-coordinate manipulator ("MCM") to locate blood vessels and nerves in a patient's brain with submillimeter resolution. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for mapping oxygenation of brain tissue in three dimensions to differentiate tumor tissue from normal brain tissue with submillimeter resolution.
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Hellmuth Thomas
Kaschke Michael
Moore John C.
Unold Gerhard
Carl Zeiss, Inc.
Einschlag Michael B.
Lateef Marvin M.
Shaw Shawna J.
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