Title :
Intracranial Electrode Visualization in Invasive Pre-surgical Evaluation for Epilepsy
Author :
Yunhua Wang ; Agarwal, Rohit ; Nguyen, Donald ; Domocos, V. ; Gotman, J.
Author_Institution :
Stellate, Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
Invasive intracranial electroencephalography (EEG) studies help identify the epileptogenic focus and assess if the identified zone overlies eloquent cortex by means of cortical stimulation. Proper interpretation and use of the intracranial recording/stimulation studies requires an effective display of multimodal information. We developed a software system which can combine the patient´s segmented brain, post-implanting MRI/CT images, intracranial EEG findings and results from cortical stimulations into one integrated environment of three-dimensional visualization. This platform can efficiently facilitate the epilepsy pre-surgical evaluation and epilepsy surgery planning
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; biomedical electrodes; computerised tomography; diseases; electroencephalography; image segmentation; medical image processing; CT images; MRI images; cortical stimulation; electroencephalography; eloquent cortex; epilepsy; intracranial electrode visualization; invasive presurgical evaluation; segmented brain; three-dimensional visualization; Computed tomography; Displays; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Focusing; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Software systems; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616573