Accuracy and Workflow Improvements for Responsive Neurostimulation Hippocampal Depth Electrode Placement Using Robotic Stereotaxy

C.T. aided stereotaxy for depth electrode implantation and biopsy.

We describe a computer program which facilitates the analysis of a series of C.T. scans made while a stereotaxic frame is fixed to the patient. The program has 2 modes of operation: a) The operator may select a region and determine the three-dimensional frame coordinate. b) The operator may select a set of frame coordinates and have the computer program display these at the appropriate sites on...

C.T. Aided Stereotaxy for Depth Electrod Implantation and Biopsy

We describe a computer program which facilitates the analysis of a series of C.T. scans made while a stereotaxic fram fixed to the patient. program has 2 modes of operation: The operator may select a region and determine the three-dimensional frame coordinate. The operator may select a set of frame coordinates and have the computer program display these at the appropriate sites on C.T. scans. I...

Simultaneous Robotic Placement of Gastric Electrical Neurostimulation System and Pyloroplasty in Gastroparesis Patients

Brian R. Davis, MD, FACS, FASGE1 Alejandro Rios Tovar, MD1 Irene Sarosiek, MD, AGAF, FACG2 Richard W. McCallum, MD, FACP, FRACP, FACG, AGAF2 1Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Surgery and 2Department of Internal Medicine, El Paso, TX Early diagnosis and treatment of gastroparesis eludes pharmacologic solutions. Gastroparesis starts as a...

Responsive neurostimulation: the hope and the challenges.

Predicting white matter targets for direct neurostimulation therapy.

A novel depth electrode placement planning strategy is presented for propagating current to distant epileptic tissue during direct neurostimulation therapy. Its goal is to predict optimal lead placement in cortical white matter for influencing the maximal extent of the epileptic circuit. The workflow consists of three fundamental techniques to determine responsive neurostimulation depth lead pl...