Planning Framework for Robot-assisted Blood-Brain Barrier Opening with Focused Ultrasound.

Journal: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Abstract

This article presents a method to plan BloodBrain Barrier (BBB) disruption with Focused Ultrasound, under neuronavigated robotic assistance. Robotic and acoustic constraints are defined to estimate brain target accessibility. The relevance of the proposed framework is illustrated in specific brain target examples.

Authors

  • Gaelle Thomas
  • Laurent Barbe
  • Benoit Larrat
  • Pauline Agou
  • Jonathan Vappou
  • Florent Nageotte