{"title":"CT-controlled stereotactic aspiration in hypertensive brain hemorrhage. Six-month postoperative outcome.","authors":"H Hondo, K Matsumoto, K Tomida, F Shichijo","doi":"10.1159/000100802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>CT-guided stereotactic aspiration surgery for the evacuation of hypertensive brain hemorrhage (HBH) has been introduced recently. From December, 1980, to April, 1986, we used aspiration surgery in 375 cases of HBH. The 6-month postoperative outcome of aspiration surgery for acute basal-ganglionic hemorrhage was compared with that after conventional surgery of all Japan and those after conservative treatment. In basal-ganglionic hemorrhage, aspiration surgery led to a favorable clinical experience and outcome, providing the possibility of a new avenue of surgical treatment of HBH.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"233-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100802","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14456253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Future possibilities in stereotactic surgery: where are we going?","authors":"P J Kelly","doi":"10.1159/000100675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100675","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100675","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14456639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A L Benabid, P Cinquin, S Lavalle, J F Le Bas, J Demongeot, J de Rougemont
{"title":"Computer-driven robot for stereotactic surgery connected to CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging. Technological design and preliminary results.","authors":"A L Benabid, P Cinquin, S Lavalle, J F Le Bas, J Demongeot, J de Rougemont","doi":"10.1159/000100701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"153-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100701","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14457490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E B Podgorsak, A Olivier, M Pla, J Hazel, A de Lotbinière, B Pike
{"title":"Physical aspects of dynamic stereotactic radiosurgery.","authors":"E B Podgorsak, A Olivier, M Pla, J Hazel, A de Lotbinière, B Pike","doi":"10.1159/000100723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100723","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dynamic stereotactic radiosurgery is a radiosurgical technique based on a medium-energy isocentric linear accelerator and a stereotactic frame. The technique uses concurrent and continuous rotations of both the gantry (300 degrees, from 30 to 330 degrees) and the couch (150 degrees, from 75 to -75 degrees). It gives a uniform dose (+/- 5%) within the target volume and dose fall-offs outside the target volume comparable to those obtained from presently known radiosurgical techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"263-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100723","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14458311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Pike, T M Peters, E Podgorsak, C Pla, A Olivier, A de Lotbinière
{"title":"Stereotactic external beam calculations for radiosurgical treatment of brain lesions.","authors":"B Pike, T M Peters, E Podgorsak, C Pla, A Olivier, A de Lotbinière","doi":"10.1159/000100724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Radiosurgical techniques are becoming increasingly popular for the selective destruction of brain lesions. To ensure precision in the procedure, set-up and treatment of lesions in this manner, we have adopted standard stereotactic methods to allow one to calculate accurately the absorbed dose and also to preserve accuracy in locating the target site in three dimensions. At McGill University, radiosurgery is performed using the dynamic technique, which utilizes the concurrent rotation of both the 10-MV photon beam linear accelerator (from 30 to 330 degrees) and the patient couch (from 75 to -75 degrees) about a common point centered on the target within the lesion. A three-dimensional treatment planning system for the calculation of dose distributions implemented in conjunction with CT, MRI and DSA stereotactic image analysis systems is presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"269-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100724","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14458312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Double vision corrected by thalamic stimulation.","authors":"O J Andy, M L Andy","doi":"10.1159/000100764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three patients with chronic headaches also complained of double vision. Additional findings were bilateral eye blinking in 1 patient and ipsilateral eye roll in another which became synchronous with heart rate during perturbation of the mesothalamic area. Mesothalamic stimulation attenuated the discharges and the above signs and symptoms. Mechanisms underlying these ocular disturbances are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"455-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100764","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14626778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S C Bhatnagar, O J Andy, E W Korabic, V K Saxena, R S Tikofski, R S Hellman
{"title":"Thalamic functional tuning of the cortex in dichotic listening tasks.","authors":"S C Bhatnagar, O J Andy, E W Korabic, V K Saxena, R S Tikofski, R S Hellman","doi":"10.1159/000100765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In dichotic listening tasks, the (dominant) right ear's superiority in processing verbal stimuli has been attributed to its direct access to the linguistically dominant left hemisphere. The roles played by the extralinguistic factors, such as induced attentiveness and functional tuning of the auditory system, have not been carefully examined. The evidence for the facilitating effects of subcortical stimulation on processing dichotic stimuli is presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"457-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100765","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14455887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrophysiological characterization of human subcortical structures by frequency spectrum analysis of neural noise (field potential) obtained during stereotactic surgery.","authors":"M Yoshida","doi":"10.1159/000100769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100769","url":null,"abstract":"Neural noise, or field potential, was recorded during stereotactic thalamotomy in 46 cases of various involuntary movement disorders. Frequency power spectrum analysis of neural noise from various anatomical substrates was performed, and the relationship between resultant frequency power spectrum and anatomical substrates, as defined by Schaltenbrand-Bailey's atlas, was examined. Frequency power spectrum was fairly characteristic for each subcortical structure.","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"471-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14455888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of computer and imaging technology on stereotactic surgery.","authors":"B A Kall","doi":"10.1159/000100676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000100676","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Computers, particularly medical imaging techniques, have created a renaissance in stereotactic surgery. Human stereotaxis was primarily developed and performed beginning in the 1940s for functional disorders. Interest waned in the 1960s following the introduction of L-dopa until computer-based three-dimensionally precise tomographic modalities (specifically computed tomography) were introduced beginning in the mid-1970s as a routine diagnostic aid. New image-compatible hardware and instrumentation were introduced along with techniques and associated software for relating points and volumes appearing on these diagnostic images into stereotactic space. This paper reviews the computer and imaging technology that has led to this renaissance and discusses some of the important features of a computer-interactive stereotactic system.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"50 1-6","pages":"9-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000100676","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14455897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}