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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2004
Michael I. Miga, Franklin, TN (US);
Prashanth Dumpuri, Nashville, TN (US);
Chun-cheng R. Chen, Nashville, TN (US);
Michael I. Miga, Franklin, TN (US);
Prashanth Dumpuri, Nashville, TN (US);
Chun-Cheng R. Chen, Nashville, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of compensation for intra-operative brain shift of a living subject. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of pro-operatively acquiring brain images of the living subject, constructing a statistical atlas of brain displacements of the living subject from the pro-operatively acquired brain images, intra-operatively measuring brain displacements of the living subject, deriving an intra-operative displacement atlas from the intra-operatively measured brain displacements and the statistical atlas, obtaining intra-operative brain shift at least from the intra-operative displacement atlas, and compensating for the intra-operative brain shift.