stereotactic target

См. также в других словарях:

• Stereotactic surgery — or stereotaxy is a minimally invasive form of surgical intervention which makes use of a three dimensional coordinates system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as ablation (removal), biopsy, lesion,… …   Wikipedia

• Stereotactic biopsy — Stereotactic biopsy, also known as stereotactic core biopsy, is a biopsy procedure that uses a computer and imaging performed in at least two planes to localize a target lesion (such as a tumor or microcalcifications in the breast) in three… …   Wikipedia

• Radiosurgery — This article is about the medical procedure. For the album by American rock band New Found Glory, see Radiosurgery (album). Radiosurgery Intervention CLINAC: a model of steerable linear accelerator commonly used in radiosurgery …   Wikipedia

• Radiation therapy — Radiation (medicine) redirects here. It is not to be confused with Radiation (pain) or Radiology. Radiation therapy Intervention ICD 10 PCS D ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• Allan J Hamilton — Infobox Person image size = 150px name = Allan J. Hamilton caption = birth date = birth date and age|1950|11|16 birth place = New York, NY death date = death place = occupation = Grey’s Anatomy, Medical Advisor, Neurosurgeon spouse = Jane… …   Wikipedia

• History of psychosurgery in the United Kingdom — Psychosurgery is a surgical operation that destroys brain tissue in order to alleviate the symptoms of mental disorder. [Mental Health Act 1983, section 57.] The lesions are usually, but not always, made in the frontal lobes. Tissue may be… …   Wikipedia

• Primate basal ganglia system — The primate basal ganglia system is a symmetrical major cerebral system that has only recently been recognized. In the past, part of it was presented as motor or extrapyramidal , complementary to the corticospinal (pyramidal) system. Contrary to… …   Wikipedia

• Neuronavigation — Intervention MeSH D038361 The term neuronavigation is a neologism used to describe the set of computer assisted technologies used by neurosurgeons to guide or navigate” within the confines of the skull or vertebral column during surgery. The term …   Wikipedia

• Cerebellopontine angle syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 9 191.6 Neoplasms of brain: Cerebellum NOS: Cerebellopontine angle The cerebellopontine angle is the anatomic space between the cerebellum and the pons. This is a common site for the growth of acoustic… …   Wikipedia

• Gamma knife — Gamma Knife® (or Leksell Gamma Knife®) is a device used to treat brain tumors with a high dose of radiation therapy in one day. The device was invented by Lars Leksell, a Swedish neurosurgeon, in 1967 at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Gamma… …   Wikipedia

• Ablative brain surgery — Ablative surgery is the surgical ablation by burning or freezing of brain tissue to treat neurological or psychological disorders. The lesions it causes are irreversible.UsesParkinson s diseaseSurgical ablation has been used to treat Parkinson s… …   Wikipedia