ArticleJournal of neurosurgery2016
Comparison of computer-assisted planning and manual planning for depth electrode implantations in epilepsy.
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- Automated neurosurgical stereotactic planning for intraoperative use: a comprehensive review of the literature and perspectives.Neurosurgical review · 2021Pooled it
- Accuracy of intracranial electrode placement for stereoencephalography: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Epilepsia · 2017Pooled it
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- Computer-assisted stereoelectroencephalography planning: center-specific priors enhance planning.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- PreVISE: an efficient virtual reality system for SEEG surgical planning.Virtual reality · 2025Article
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- A Web-based Interface for Visualizing and Documenting SEEG Strategic Planning (WISP): Development and Qualitative Evaluation.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2024Article
- Previous, current, and future stereotactic EEG techniques for localising epileptic foci.Expert review of medical devices · 2022Review
- Automation Advances in Stereoelectroencephalography Planning.Neurosurgery clinics of North America · 2020Review
- Computer-Assisted Versus Manual Planning for Stereotactic Brain Biopsy: A Retrospective Comparative Pilot Study.Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2020Article
- Refining Planning for Stereoelectroencephalography: A Prospective Validation of Spatial Priors for Computer-Assisted Planning With Application of Dynamic Learning.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- The Effect of Vascular Segmentation Methods on Stereotactic Trajectory Planning for Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.World neurosurgery: X · 2019Article
- Stereoelectroencephalography in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2019Article
- Optimizing Trajectories for Cranial Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy Using Computer-Assisted Planning: A Machine Learning Approach.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2019Article
- Improving patient safety during introduction of novel medical devices through cumulative summation analysis.Journal of neurosurgery · 2019Article
- Automated trajectory planning for laser interstitial thermal therapy in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.Epilepsia · 2018Article
- Stereoelectroencephalography: Indication and Efficacy.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2017Review
- Automated multiple trajectory planning algorithm for the placement of stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) electrodes in epilepsy treatment.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2017Article
- A Pipeline for 3D Multimodality Image Integration and Computer-assisted Planning in Epilepsy Surgery.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2016Article
- Brain imaging in the assessment for epilepsy surgery.The Lancet. Neurology · 2016Review
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Abstract
OBJECT The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical utility of multitrajectory computer-assisted planning software (CAP) to plan stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) electrode arrangements. METHODS A cohort of 18 patients underwent SEEG for evaluation of epilepsy at a single center between August 2013 and August 2014. Planning of electrodes was performed manually and stored using EpiNav software. CAP was developed as a planning tool in EpiNav. The user preselects a set of cerebral targets and optimized trajectory constraints, and then runs an automated search of potential scalp entry points and associated trajectories. Each trajectory is associated with metrics for a safety profile, derived from the minimal distance to vascular structures, and an efficacy profile, derived from the proportion of depth electrodes that are within or adjacent to gray matter. CAP was applied to the cerebral targets used in the cohort of 18 previous manually planned implantations to generate new multitrajectory implantation plans. A comparison was then undertaken for trajectory safety and efficacy. RESULTS CAP was applied to 166 electrode targets in 18 patients. There were significant improvements in both the safety profile and efficacy profile of trajectories generated by CAP compared with manual planning (p < 0.05). Three independent neurosurgeons assessed the feasibility of the trajectories generated by CAP, with 131 (78.9%) of 166 trajectories deemed suitable for implementation in clinical practice. CAP was performed in real time, with a median duration of 8 minutes for each patient, although this does not include the time taken for data preparation. CONCLUSIONS CAP is a promising tool to plan SEEG implantations. CAP provides feasible depth electrode arrangements, with quantitatively greater safety and efficacy profiles, and with a substantial reduction in duration of planning within the 3D multimodality framework.
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