Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lozano, Andres M. (Editor), Gildenberg, Philip L. (Editor), Tasker, Ronald R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Interventional radiology.; Neuroradiology.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Imaging / Radiology.; Interventional Radiology.

This volume covers stereotactic principles and functional stereotaxis. Amongst the stereotactic principles are discussions of frame-based and frameless systems of stereotaxis, image guidance stereotaxis, atlases and the technical aspects of radiosurgery. Within functional neurosurgery, disorders cov...

Table of Contents:

• History of Stereotactic Surgery
• Imaging in Stereotactic Surgery
• Stereotactic Targeting
• Image Guided Neurosurgery
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• Functional Neurosurgery – Technical Aspects
• Functional Neurosurgery for Movement and Motor Disorders – Clinical Aspects
• Functional Neurosurgery for Pain
• Management of Epilepsy
• Psychiatric Surgery
• Special and Emerging Applications
• The Future of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
• Index.