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Original Article

Effect of Optical Digitizer Selection on the Application Accuracy of a Surgical Localization System—A Quantitative Comparison between the OPTOTRAK: and FlashPoint Tracking Systems

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Pages 314-321 | Received 15 Jul 1999, Accepted 29 Sep 1999, Published online: 06 Jan 2010

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