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System and method to define target volume for stimulation in brain

  • US 8,644,946 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2009
  • Issued: 02/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • storing in a memory device a volume of tissue activation (VTA) data structure that is derived from analysis of a plurality of patients;

    receiving, by a computer processor, patient data for a given patient, the patient data representing an assessment of a patient condition; and

    evaluating, by the computer processor, the VTA data structure relative to the patient data to determine a target VTA for achieving a desired therapeutic effect for the given patient;

    wherein the VTA data structure comprises a plurality of statistical atlases, each of the plurality of statistical atlases comprising data that statistically characterizes a therapeutic effect for a plurality of VTAs acquired for the plurality of patients, and the plurality of statistical atlases are hierarchically organized according to one or more categories and a plurality of subcategories.

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