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Original Article

A Simple Trajectory Guidance Device that Assists Freehand and Interactive Image Guided Biopsy of Small Deep Intracranial Targets

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Pages 186-192 | Received 25 Jun 1996, Accepted 02 Jun 1997, Published online: 06 Jan 2010

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