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MRI-guided stereotaxic targeting in pigs based on a stereotaxic localizer box fitted with an isocentric frame and use of SurgiPlan computer-planning software by Carsten R. Bjarkam; Graziano Cancian; Andreas N. Glud; Kaare S. Ettrup; Rasmus L. Jørgensen; Jens-Christian Sørensen is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.

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We present a stereotaxic procedure enabling MRI-guided isocentric stereotaxy in pigs. The procedure is based on the Leksell stereotaxic arch principle, and a stereotaxic localizer box with an incorporated fiducial marking system (sideplates) defining a stereotaxic space similar to the clinical Leksell system. The obtained MRIs can be imported for 3D-reconstruction and coordinate calculation in the clinical stereotaxic software planning system (Leksell SurgiPlan, Elekta AB, Sweden). After MRI the sideplates are replaced by a modified Leksell arch accommodating clinical standard manipulators for isocentric placement of DBS-electrodes, neural tracers and therapeutics in the calculated target coordinates. The mechanical accuracy of the device was within 0.3-0.5 mm. Stereotaxic MRIs were imported to the stereotaxic software planning system with a mean error of 0.4-0.5 mm and a max error of 0.8-0.9 mm. Application accuracy measured on a phantom and on inserted skull markers in nine pigs was within 1 mm in all planes. The intracerebral application accuracy found after placement of 10 manganese trajectories within the full extent of the intracerebral stereotaxic space in two minipigs was e

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Author
Carsten R. Bjarkam; Graziano Cancian; Andreas N. Glud; Kaare S. Ettrup; Rasmus L. Jørgensen; Jens-Christian Sørensen
Publisher
Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0165-0270)
Published
2009
Language
EN
Field
Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

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