The Invention and Early History of the N-Localizer for Stereotactic Neurosurgery

Nearly four decades after the invention of the N-localizer, its origin and history remain misunderstood. Some are unaware that a third-year medical student invented this technology. The following conspectus accurately chronicles the origin of the N-localizer, presents recently discovered evidence th...

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Autores principales: Brown, Russell A, Nelson, James A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4959822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27462476
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.642
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description Nearly four decades after the invention of the N-localizer, its origin and history remain misunderstood. Some are unaware that a third-year medical student invented this technology. The following conspectus accurately chronicles the origin of the N-localizer, presents recently discovered evidence that documents its history, and corrects misconceptions related to its origin and early history.
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spelling pubmed-49598222016-07-26 The Invention and Early History of the N-Localizer for Stereotactic Neurosurgery Brown, Russell A Nelson, James A Cureus Radiation Oncology Nearly four decades after the invention of the N-localizer, its origin and history remain misunderstood. Some are unaware that a third-year medical student invented this technology. The following conspectus accurately chronicles the origin of the N-localizer, presents recently discovered evidence that documents its history, and corrects misconceptions related to its origin and early history. Cureus 2016-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4959822/ /pubmed/27462476 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.642 Text en Copyright © 2016, Brown et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr The Invention and Early History of the N-Localizer for Stereotactic Neurosurgery
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