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A Versatile Stereotaxic System Based on Cylindrical Co-Ordinates and Using Absolute Measurements

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 21))

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Abstract

Stereotaxic instrumentation based on the rectangular co-ordinate system has been very fully developed, but the possible advantages of the cylindrical co-ordinate system (Turner 1972) appear to have been largely overlooked. We have developed such a system, which involves only modest modifications to the established instruments originally devised by Guiot (1958) and Gillingham (1960).

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  1. Institute of Neurological Sciences and Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland

    J. W. Turner & A. Shaw

  2. Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Scotland

    J. W. Turner

  3. Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland

    A. Shaw

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  1. Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    F. John Gillingham (Professor of Surgical Neurology) & E. R. Hitchcock (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Neurology) (Professor of Surgical Neurology) &  (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Neurology)

  2. Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

    J. W. Turner (Consultant Neurosurgeon) (Consultant Neurosurgeon)

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Turner, J.W., Shaw, A. (1974). A Versatile Stereotaxic System Based on Cylindrical Co-Ordinates and Using Absolute Measurements. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R., Turner, J.W. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 21. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8355-7_27

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