Automated Steerable Path Planning for Deep Brain Stimulation Safeguarding Fiber Tracts and Deep Gray Matter Nuclei

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure consisting in the stereotactic implantation of stimulation electrodes to specific brain targets, such as deep gray matter nuclei. Current solutions to place the electrodes rely on rectilinear stereotactic trajectories (RTs) manually defined b...

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Main Authors: Alice Segato, Valentina Pieri, Alberto Favaro, Marco Riva, Andrea Falini, Elena De Momi, Antonella Castellano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2019.00070/full