stereotactic surgery in a sentence
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- Benabid developed stereotactic surgery methods for brain surgery in patients who had brain tumors or certain types of movement disorder.
- Several non-randomized studies have suggested that stereotactic surgery may provide a nearly equivalent outcome, compared with surgery followed by whole brain-irradiation.
- Whole-brain radiation may provide a median survival of 4 to 5 months, which can be further extended by months with stereotactic surgery.
- His work with Sir Godfrey Hounsfield to determine the spatial resolution of the CT scanner opened the door for its use in stereotactic surgery.
- Another indication for neuroimaging is CT-, MRI-and PET-guided stereotactic surgery or radiosurgery for treatment of intracranial tumors, arteriovenous malformations and other surgically treatable conditions.
- The device is manufactured by Elekta Instruments, Inc ., a Swedish company which manufactures stereotactic surgery and radiosurgery equipment, based on the inventions of Leksell.
- Francis Gillingham was considered a pioneer in the field of Stereotactic surgery and was widely credited with introducing the concept of subspecialty fellowships to British neurosurgical training.
- Dr . Ommaya worked with Sir Godfrey Hounsfield to determine the spatial resolution of the CT scanner which opened the door for its use in stereotactic surgery.
- In addition to his work with stereotactic surgery and the N-localizer, Brown has contributed to medical imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, computational chemistry, structural biology and computer science.
- *Ralph G . Dacey Jr ., M . D ., performs the world's first magnetic stereotactic surgery to biopsy a human brain tumor using an indirect route to the tumor.