Divide and Conquer: Automatic Detection of the Thalamus to Empower DBS Physiological Navigation to the Subthalamic Region.

Journal: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify thalamic electrophysiological activity along the trajectory to the subthalamic region using micro-electrode recordings in deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery by integrating site- and sequence-based approaches, without compromising subthalamic nucleus (STN) detection accuracy.

Authors

  • Stefanie Glowinsky
  • Zvi Israel
    Center for Functional & Restorative Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Sami Heymann
  • Hagai Bergman
    The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research (ELSC), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

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