Cerebrovascular segmentation and planning of depth electrode insertion for epilepsy surgery
Depth electrodes are inserted in the brain to locate the epileptogenic zone without craniotomy, but there is risk of surgical hemorrhage. Preoperative planning is required to mitigate this risk. A preoperative imaging, segmentation and three dimensional (3D) visualization procedure was developed to provide neurosurgeons with cortical and vascular anatomy information for surgical planning and neuronavigation.
cerebrovascular segmentation depth electrode insertion vessel imaging image-guided neurosurgery 3d visualization