Today neurological surgery stands at a technological crossroads. Revolutionary advances in
high-speed graphic computers informatics biotechnology and robotics continue to change the
field and open vast new possibilities for improved patient care. In this new book the
world-renowned team of neurosurgeons computer scientists software engineers and others who
have led these technological transformations chronicle the advances at work in everyday patient
care as well as revolutionary new systems now under development. The book includes full
information on transferring medical data into mapping strategies viewing the clinical
applications of stereotaxis and observing fascinating new image-guided neurosurgical
procedures in actual clinical practice. Most importantly there is a full comparison of the
different systems now in use so that the surgeon can make intelligent decisions about which to
purchase. Complete with 547 illustrations including 170 in full-color the book goes further
than any current work in documenting the evolution of modern neurosurgical navigation. All
neurosurgeons especially those working in modern intracranial spinal and peripheral nerve
techniques will find it invaluable as will neuroradiologists radiation oncologists general
surgeons and biomedical engineers.
