31-01-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130030276A1
This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. In an example, volumetric imaging data representing an anatomical volume of a brain of a patient can be obtained and transformed to brain atlas data. A patient-specific brain atlas can be created using the inverse of the transformation to map the brain atlas data onto the volumetric imaging data and a volume of influence can be calculated using the patient-specific brain atlas. In certain examples, the volume of influence can include a predicted volume of tissue affected by an electrical stimulation delivered by an electrode at a corresponding at least one candidate electrode target location. 126-. (canceled)27. A computer-implemented method of outputting information concerning an electrode inserted inside a patient's neural tissue , the method comprising:determining, by a computer processor, an electric field in the patient's neural tissue, the electric field to be generated by the electrode;determining, by the processor and based on the determined electric field, an estimated volume of neural tissue activated by the determined electric field; andoutputting, by the processor, a graphical representation of the determined estimated volume.28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the outputting includes displaying the graphical representation relative to an anatomical atlas.29. The method of claim 28 , wherein the anatomical atlas is specific to the patient.30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the patient-specific anatomical atlas is generated by registering imaging data representing an anatomy of the patient's neural tissue with a canonical anatomical atlas. This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/070,521, filed Feb. 19, 2008, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.This patent application pertains generally to neurosurgery and more particularly, ...
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