White matter tract-following with flexible needles for targeting subcortical structures
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC '15), August, 2015
Abstract
Diffusion tensor imaging offers a powerful solution for tracking subcortical targets from the surface of the brain. In this work, we acquire fibers from diffusion tensor images that connect cortex to the subthalamic nucleus. These are then employed as paths for flexible needle steering targeting simulations for the subthalamic nucleus. A combined feedback and feed-forward needle steering control system was developed to follow the tracts under sparse state estimation systems.
BibTeX
@conference{Lehocky-2015-120651,author = {C. A. Lehocky and J. A. Engh and C. N. Riviere},
title = {White matter tract-following with flexible needles for targeting subcortical structures},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC '15)},
year = {2015},
month = {August},
}
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