Customized Brain Maps Help Boost Cancer, Epilepsy Treatments Outcomes
A team of medical device developers, neuroscientists, surgeons and engineers from the University of California San Diego is working on developing better customized maps that will be useful to physicians during brain tumor removal surgery. Maps do already exist that physicians can reference. However, one individual’s brain isn’t the same as another’s, which is why customized maps are needed. Additionally, an individual’s brain may sometimes reorganize itself as a response to damage caused by things such as growing tumors, which can make it even harder to remove the tumor. This is where sensors enter the picture. Surgical teams can utilize…
