Patent ID: 8379952
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a predicted volume of influence by an electrode inserted inside a patient's neural tissue, the method comprising: receiving imaging data representing the anatomy of the patient's neural tissue; creating a patient-specific atlas of neural tissue that is specific to the patient by registering the imaging data with an atlas that is not specific to the patient and that identifies neural structures in neural tissue; calculating, by a computer processor, an electric field in the patient's neural tissue, the electric field to be generated by the electrode; calculating, by the processor and based on the determined electric field, a predicted volume of influence for the electrode inserted inside the patient's neural tissue, wherein the predicted volume of influence is a representation of estimated electrode activated neural tissue; and displaying, on a display screen, the predicted volume of influence together with the patient-specific atlas of neural tissue.