A Simple and Inexpensive Stereotactic Guidance Frame for MRI-Guided Brain Biopsy in Canines

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="139535.fig.002a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jme/volume-2014/139535/figures/139535.fig.002a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b><i> Z</i>-frame interior view</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="139535.fig.002b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jme/volume-2014/139535/figures/139535.fig.002b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b><i> Z</i>-frame geometry</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="139535.fig.002c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jme/volume-2014/139535/figures/139535.fig.002c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>MRI &amp; frame’s coordinates</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>(a)<i> Z</i>-frame design. (b) Calculation of 6 points to<i> X</i>,<i> Y</i>, and<i> Z</i> coordinate in guidance frame and (c) MRI-frame registration.</table>

Journal of Medical Engineering

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Figure 2: A Simple and Inexpensive Stereotactic Guidance Frame for MRI-Guided Brain Biopsy in Canines 