Intraoperative image-guided stereotactic surgery. Ultrasound computed tomography(US-CT) for neurosurgical procedures. : —Ultrasound computed tomograpy (US-CT) for neurosurgical procedures—

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Minimally invasive surgery is useful for hastening recovery, shortens the operation itself and eliminates unnecessary procedures, thus reducing blood loss and complications. Recent medical imaging technology has made it possible to view the human body in three dimensions. According to changeable conditions, sector ultrasonography, rotating ultrasonography and ultrasound CT (US-CT) offer surgeons information useful for navigation in an operating theater. Combined use of a US-CT probe and an ultrasound locational sensing system provide beneficial information for image-guided biopsy or deep brain surgery, since it has the potential to identify the anatomical localization of a tumor or other lesions at any time during surgical manipulation. Our newly developed US-CT navigator system is a useful tool for neuro-navigation.