Frame-based stereotactic biopsies using an intraoperative MR-scanner are as safe and effective as conventional stereotactic procedures

• Jan-Oliver Neumann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jan-Oliver.Neumann@med.uni-heidelberg.de

  Affiliation Division Stereotactical and Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0705-471X

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• Benito Campos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Bilal Younes,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Martin Jakobs,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division Stereotactical and Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Christine Jungk,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division Stereotactical and Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Christopher Beynon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Andreas von Deimling,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg and, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and DKTK, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Andreas Unterberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Karl Kiening

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division Stereotactical and Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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