![]() Clipping prevents further blood flow to the aneurysm and effectively holds the artery closed.Īny clipping procedure involves entering an opening in both the skull and at least one sulcus (groove) in the brain. One of the most effective treatments for an aneurysm is clipping, where a surgeon places a small clip across the neck of the bulge. A ruptured aneurysm is the most common cause of strokes. ![]() Aneurysms can rupture and cause the artery to bleed out internally, which causes death in 40% of cases, and permanent neurological damage in 66% of survivors. The brain aneurysm or cerebral aneurysm-a bulge like a balloon on a brain artery-is present in about 3% of the adult population worldwide. ![]() The software prototype, made possible with a grant (Grant Number JP18he1602001) from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), helps surgeons visualize a patient’s unique brain structure before, during, and after an operation.Īddressing the challenges of aneurysm surgery Now Seo and his team have taken this concept a step further with their 2019 paper Real-Time Virtual Brain Aneurysm Clipping Surgery, where they demonstrate an application prototype for viewing and manipulating a CG representation of a patient’s brain in real time.Īs part of the User Interface Research Group, Igarashi Laboratory, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology at The University of Tokyo, Seo and his team are working on a real-time visualization and training application for brain surgery that more accurately portrays the brain’s structure and how it deforms during surgery. In their 2018 paper Enhancement Techniques for Human Anatomy Visualization, Hirofumi Seo and Takeo Igarashi state that “Human anatomy is so complex that just visualizing it in traditional ways is insufficient for easy understanding…” To address this problem, Seo has proposed a practical approach to brain surgery using real-time rendering with Unreal Engine. ![]() While the medical field has long used CGI to visualize the human body inside and out, many applications are limited to opaque shaders on rigid objects, which don’t accurately depict the many translucent, thin, or flexible parts of the brain’s structure. By Sébastien Lozé Brain surgery remains one of the most intricate and challenging tasks a surgeon might have to perform, and requires extensive training and practice. ![]()
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