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ArticleCureus2021

Improved Accuracy for the Sturm-Pastyr Localizer in the Presence of Image Noise.

Armando L Alaminos-Bouza, Russell A Brown

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Armando L Alaminos-BouzaMedical Physics, MEVIS Informática Médica Ltda., São Paulo, BRA.
Russell A BrownPrincipal Engineer, Retired, Palo Alto, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Image guidance for frame-based stereotaxis is facilitated by incorporating three to four Sturm-Pastyr (SP) localizers into a stereotactic frame. Typically, each SP localizer enables the calculation of one set of [Formula: see text] coordinates in the three-dimensional coordinate system of the stereotactic frame, given three sets of [Formula: see text] coordinates created by the SP localizer in the two-dimensional coordinate system of a computed tomography (CT) image. Bouza and Brown propose formulas to calculate three sets of [Formula: see text] coordinates for each SP localizer. Monte Carlo (MC) simulation compares the accuracy of the new formulation to the accuracy of the original SP formulation that calculates only one set of [Formula: see text] coordinates for each SP localizer. Monte Carlo simulation reveals that the calculation of three sets of [Formula: see text] coordinates instead of only one set improves the accuracy of image guidance.

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computed tomography (ct )frame-based stereotactic surgeryimage-guided radiosurgeryimage-guided stereotactic surgerymonte-carlo simulationmri- magnetic resonance imagingstereotactic framestereotactic radiosurgery srsstereotactic surgerysturm-pastyr localizer

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PMID34660100
PMCPMC8509111

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