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Accurate planning of stereotactic neurosurgery (Schlegel et al. 1982), interstitial radiosurgery, or radiotherapy (Schlegel et al. 1984) requires precise spatial information about the location and size of the lesion.
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Schad, L. (2008). Computer Aided 3D Radiation Planning Using MRI. In: Reiser, M., Semmler, W., Hricak, H. (eds) Magnetic Resonance Tomography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29355-2_14
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