30 results about "Intracranial electrodes" patented technology

A method for accurate localization and visualization of implanted electrodes, such as implanted intracranial electrodes, is provided. More particularly, a realistic representation of intracranial electrode positions on patient-specific post-implantation MRI brain renderings is obtained. The resulting computer models provide an accurate depiction of electrode locations on three-dimensional brain renderings that are suitable for use in surgical planning of resection boundaries around, for example, epileptic zones. Electrodes placed inter-hemispherically are also visible with this method. In addition, a method for creating electrode “shadows” cast upon the brain model surface is provided. These electrode shadows are useful for estimating cortical areas sampled by iEEG and for locating electrodes that may straddle sulci and contact two adjacent cortical gyri.

The invention provides a device for positioning a cerebral-cortex functional area. The device comprises a reminding screen and an intracranial electrode, and further comprises one or more electromyographic electrodes arranged at movement parts of a subject, electromyographic signals are collected and used for allowing moments of action performing of the subject and staring moments of intracranial brain-electrical signal observing of the subject to be synchronous. The invention further provides a method for positioning the cerebral-cortex functional area. The method includes the steps that starting moments of human-body actions are obtained according to original electromyographic signals, then intracranial brain-electrical signals in the corresponding time periods are obtained, and synchronization of the intracranial brain-electrical signals and human-body signals is achieved; then response variable matrixes are generated according to the intracranial brain-electrical signals, independent variable matrixes are generated according to the human-body signals, and the cerebral-cortex area corresponding to the human-body actions is determined by calculating the correlation between the independent variable matrixes and the response variable matrixes. By means of the technical scheme, synchronization between the human-body actions and the intracranial brain-electrical signals can be well achieved, and the accuracy of follow-up processing can be improved.

A method for localizing an intracranial electrode in a subject's brain is provided. The intracranial electrode has at least one electrode contact. The method includes: acquiring a first brain image reconstructed from first image data acquired after electrode-implantation; acquiring a second brain image reconstructed from second image data acquired before the electrode-implantation; co-registering the first brain image and the second brain image to acquire spatial transformation parameters; extracting a first coordinate of the electrode contact from the first brain image; converting the first coordinate into a second coordinate in the second brain image by using the spatial transformation parameters; co-registering the second brain image and a universal brain atlas to define functional zones in the second brain image; and defining a corresponding functional zone where the second coordinate is located. Another alternative method and a system for localizing an intracranial electrode are also provided herein.

The invention discloses a human-computer interaction type intracranial electrode positioning method and system based on three-dimensional convolution. The method comprises the following steps: an MRIbrain image is segmented to generate a target area mask image of a detection electrode by combining an MRI three-dimensional brain image before an operation and a CT three-dimensional brain image after the operation; three-dimensional convolution operation is carried out on the registered CT brain image, the target area of the detection electrode is extracted according to the mask image and electrode signal images to be screened are extracted; and the electrode signal images to be screened are screened according to pre-operation embedded electrode information to obtain correct electrode imagesand numbering by man-machine interaction. According to the invention, the distinguishing capability of the electrode images is improved through the convolution operation, the distinguishing degree ofthe intracranial electrode in the CT brain image is effectively improved, the automatic identification of a computer is facilitated, and electrode screening and numbering are carried out through a high-efficiency man-machine interaction means, accurately positioning the coordinates of the intracranial electrode in the human brain is facilitated and the method has the advantages of simple principle, convenient achievement and stable result.