Use of the Brown-Roberts-Wells Stereotactic Frame in a Developing Country
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Stereotactic surgery planning software has been created for use with the Brown-Roberts-Wells (BRW) stereotactic frame. This software replaces the Hewlett-Packard calculator originally supplied with the BRW frame and provides modern tools for surgery planning to the BRW frame, which facilitate its potential use as a low-cost alternative to the Cosman-Roberts-Wells (CRW) frame in developing countries.
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دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018