Digital image processing to handle neuroanatomical information and neurophysiological data.
An application of computer graphics technology to functional stereotactic neurosurgery is presented. Neuroanatomical images derived from a stereotactic atlas and information retrieved from a neurophysiological data base are drawn on a graphic monitor. The pictures are oriented and scaled according to appropriate landmarks. The aim of this work is to add confidence in the surgeon's selection of the probe trajectory and to improve the knowledge of sensory and motor organization within the thalamus.
D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D008905:Minicomputers; D012984:Software; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*