Stereotaxy
Translation of "stereotaxy" into Russian
stereotaxy
NounUK
/ˌstɛrɪəʊˈtaksi/
US
/ˌstɛriˈtæksi/
stereotaxy
stereotaxies pl
Stereotaxy is a technique used in neurosurgery to locate targets within the brain.
Стереотаксия - это метод, используемый в нейрохирургии для определения целей внутри мозга.
Definitions
stereotaxy
NounUK
/ˌstɛrɪəʊˈtaksi/
US
/ˌstɛriˈtæksi/
A surgical technique that uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and perform actions such as ablation, biopsy, lesion, injection, stimulation, implantation, or radiosurgery.
The neurosurgeon used stereotaxy to precisely target the tumor in the patient's brain.
The branch of science concerned with determining the exact spatial position of anatomical structures within the body, especially the brain, by means of three-dimensional coordinates.
Early advances in stereotaxy greatly improved researchers’ ability to map deep brain nuclei.