Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging
A method for visualizing data from electrical source imaging (ESI) is disclosed herein. The method converts the ESI into a plurality of ESI waveforms. The method generates a virtual electrode from the plurality of ESI waveforms. The method places the virtual electrode at a three-dimensional (3D) location of a representation of the patient's brain or on the surface of the scalp. The method receives a direct measurement of the virtual electrode at the 3D location.
1 . A method for visualizing data from electrical source imaging (ESI), the method comprising:
converting an ESI for a patient into a plurality of ESI waveforms, wherein the ESI is a combination of a model of a brain with a plurality of scalp signals from an EEG that estimates a source and intensity of a signal within the patent's brain;
generating a virtual electrode from the plurality of ESI waveforms;
placing the virtual electrode at a three-dimensional (3D) location of a representation of the patient's brain or on the surface of the scalp; and
receiving a direct measurement of the virtual electrode at the 3D location.
2 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the ESI comprises MRI imaging.
3 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the ESI model of the patient's brain is created prior to the acquisition of an EEG.
4 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising improving seizure and spike detection performance for an EEG.
5 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising determining if there are more than one cluster of spikes for the patient.
6 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program that causes a processor to perform functions to visual data from electrical source imaging (ESI) by executing the following steps:
converting an ESI for a patient into a plurality of ESI waveforms, wherein the ESI is a combination of a model of a brain with a plurality of scalp signals from an EEG that estimates a source and intensity of a signal within the patent's brain;
generating a virtual electrode from the plurality of ESI waveforms;
placing the virtual electrode at a three-dimensional (3D) location of a representation of the patient's brain; and
receiving a direct measurement of the virtual electrode at the 3D location.
7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 wherein the ESI comprises MRI imaging.
8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 wherein the ESI model of the patient's brain is created prior to the generating an EEG.
9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 further comprising improving seizure and spike detection performance for an EEG.
10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 further comprising determining if there are more than one cluster of spikes for the patient.
11 . A method for visualizing data from electrical source imaging (ESI) for stereo EEG (SEEG), the method comprising:
converting a ESI for a patient into a plurality of ESI waveforms, wherein the ESI is a combination of a model of a brain with a plurality of scalp signals from an EEG that estimates a source and intensity of a signal within the patent's brain;
generating a virtual electrode from the plurality of ESI waveforms;
placing the virtual electrode at a three-dimensional (3D) location of a representation of the patient's brain;
receiving a direct measurement of the virtual electrode at the 3D location;
generating a virtual SEEG probe based on the measurement from the virtual electrode.