Stereotaxis may refer to:
* Any of various
stereotactic
Stereotactic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgery, surgical intervention that makes use of a three-dimensional coordinates, coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as ablation, ...
techniques or procedures:
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Stereotactic surgery
Stereotactic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgery, surgical intervention that makes use of a three-dimensional coordinates, coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as ablation, ...
, any of various minimally invasive surgery types that make use of a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets for ablation, biopsy, injection, stimulation, implantation, or radiosurgery
*** Stereotactic radiosurgery, a type of
radiosurgery
Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade. Like other forms of radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy), it is usually us ...
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Stereotactic biopsy
Stereotactic biopsy, also known as stereotactic core biopsy, is a biopsy procedure that uses a computer and imaging performed in at least two planes to localize a target lesion (such as a tumor or microcalcifications in the breast) in three-dimens ...
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Stereotactic injection Stereotactic injection is a procedure in which a computer and a 3-dimensional scanning device are used to inject anticancer drugs directly into a tumor.
Stereotactic injection may also refer to the use of injections during stereotactic surgery
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Stereotactic radiation therapy
Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT), also called stereotactic external-beam radiation therapy and stereotaxic radiation therapy, is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely deliver ra ...
, a form of external-beam radiotherapy
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Stereotaxis (company)
Stereotaxis Inc. is an American publicly traded medical technology company based in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, that makes Robotics, robotic systems used by physicians to perform minimally-invasive endovascular procedures, including Electroph ...
, which makes robotic products for electrophysiology studies
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