StimVision Software: Examples and Applications in Subcallosal Cingulate Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Create a software tool to facilitate tractography-based deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode targeting within the patient-specific stereotactic coordinate system used in the operating room.

Approach

StimVision was developed with Visualization Toolkit libraries and integrates four major components: 1) medical image visualization, 2) tractography visualization, 3) DBS electrode positioning, and 4) DBS activation volume calculation with tractography intersection.

Results

Initial applications of StimVision are focused on the study of subcallosal cingulate (SCC) DBS for the treatment of depression. Retrospective modeling results on SCC DBS have suggested that direct stimulation of a specific collection of tractographic pathways are necessary for therapeutic ben

SUBMITTER: Noecker AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5745289 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature