Russell A. Brown, an

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and

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, is the inventor of the

N-localizer The N-localizer is a device that enables guidance of stereotactic surgery or radiosurgery using tomographic images that are obtained via computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or positron emission tomography (PET). The N-local ...

technology that enables guidance of stereotactic surgery or radiosurgery using medical images that are obtained via computed tomography (CT),

magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio wave ...

(MRI), or

positron emission tomography Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in Metabolism, metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including bl ...

(PET). Brown invented the N-localizer in 1978 when he was a medical student investigating

image-guided surgery Image-guided surgery (IGS) is any surgical procedure where the surgeon uses tracked surgical instruments in conjunction with preoperative or intraoperative images in order to directly or indirectly guide the procedure. Image guided surgery systems u ...

in the laboratory of his mentor, James A. Nelson, at the

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. A few months later, Brown designed and built the first CT-compatible stereotactic frame in order to test the concept of the N-localizer. Brown also made contributions to the ''k''-d tree and to the

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model of

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