Smith K R, Frank K J, Bucholz R D
Stealth Technologies, Inc. Marine, IL 62061-0427.
Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1994 Jul-Aug;18(4):247-56. doi: 10.1016/0895-6111(94)90049-3.
The NeuroStation is an image-guided neurosurgery workstation designed to deliver frameless stereotaxy within an ergonomic, integrated surgical environment. Generally, stereotaxy can provide the neurosurgeon with important intra-operative localization information using diagnostic images such as computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To date, however, stereotaxy has not been widely accepted by neurosurgeons due to the procedural difficulties of incorporating conventional stereotaxy. The NeuroStation addresses the problems of conventional stereotaxy through the use of frameless stereotactic methods wherein state-of-the-art instrumentation and computer innovations allow: a) standard surgical instruments to be used as the localization device; b) multipoint registration methods in place of frame-based registration; and c) real-time interactive surgical localization. The NeuroStation can thus be transparently integrated into the neurosurgical procedure providing the neurosurgeon with image-guidance for surgical planning, biopsies, craniotomies, endoscopy, intra-operative ultrasound, radiation therapy, etc.
神经手术工作站是一种图像引导的神经外科手术工作站，旨在在符合人体工程学的集成手术环境中提供无框架立体定向技术。一般来说，立体定向技术可以利用计算机断层扫描（CT）或磁共振成像（MRI）等诊断图像为神经外科医生提供重要的术中定位信息。然而，迄今为止，由于采用传统立体定向技术存在操作困难，立体定向技术尚未被神经外科医生广泛接受。神经手术工作站通过使用无框架立体定向方法解决了传统立体定向技术的问题，其中先进的仪器设备和计算机创新技术使得：a）标准手术器械可作为定位设备；b）采用多点配准方法代替基于框架的配准；c）实现实时交互式手术定位。因此，神经手术工作站可以透明地集成到神经外科手术过程中，为神经外科医生提供手术规划、活检、开颅手术、内窥镜检查、术中超声、放射治疗等方面的图像引导。
