title: Influence of heterogeneous and anisotropic tissue conductivity on electric field distribution in deep brain stimulation.
abstract: The aim was to quantify the influence of heterogeneous isotropic and heterogeneous anisotropic tissue on the spatial distribution of the electric field during deep brain stimulation (DBS). Three finite element tissue models were created of one patient treated with DBS. Tissue conductivity was modelled as (I) homogeneous isotropic, (II) heterogeneous isotropic based on MRI, and (III) heterogeneous anisotropic based on diffusion tensor MRI. Modelled DBS electrodes were positioned in the subthalamic area, the pallidum, and the internal capsule in each tissue model. Electric fields generated during DBS were simulated for each model and target-combination and visualized with isolevels at 0.20 (inner), and 0.05 V mm(-1) (outer). Statistical and vector analysis was used for evaluation of the distribution of the electric field. Heterogeneous isotropic tissue altered the spatial distribution of the electric field by up to 4% at inner, and up to 10% at outer isolevel. Heterogeneous anisotropic tissue influenced the distribution of the electric field by up to 18 and 15% at each isolevel, respectively. The influence of heterogeneous and anisotropic tissue on the electric field may be clinically relevant in anatomic regions that are functionally subdivided and surrounded by multiple fibres of passage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. matas@imt.liu.se
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aström
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wårdell
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
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