Craniotomy Planning
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A Method to Make a Craniotomy on the Ventral Skull of Neonate Rodents
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2014
A surgical method is described to expose the ventral skull in neonate rats. Using this approach it is possible to open a craniotomy to perform acute electrophysiology and two-photon microscopy experiments in the brainstem of anesthetized pups.
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A Craniotomy Surgery Procedure for Chronic Brain Imaging
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2008
This video and protocol demonstrate how to implant a glass-covered cranial window in rodents. These preparations can be used for chronic in vivo two-photon imaging of the neocortex over time scales of months. It may also be used for other types of imaging, including optical intrinsic signal imaging.
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A Large Lateral Craniotomy Procedure for Mesoscale Wide-field Optical Imaging of Brain Activity
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2017
This protocol presents a method for creating a large unilateral craniotomy over the temporal and parietal regions of the mouse cerebral cortex. This is especially useful for real time imaging over an expansive area of a cortical hemisphere.
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Minimally Invasive Thumb-sized Pterional Craniotomy for Surgical Clip Ligation of Unruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysms
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2015
Minimally invasive thumb-sized pterional craniotomy for aneurysm clipping has afforded our patients with a shorter hospital stay at a lower cost compared to the national average.
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Planning a Campaign
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2024
Planning a campaign refers to the process of strategizing and organizing efforts and resources to achieve a specific goal through a series of actions or events. Planning a marketing campaign is crucial for several reasons: • A carefully crafted campaign guides marketing efforts, directing focus toward the target audience and customizing messages to suit their needs and preferences. • Effective planning optimizes resource allocation and management, enabling brands to budget wisely and ensure...
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Medical images provide the anatomical information needed to reconstruct the lesion, skull, blood vessels, and critical functional regions in three dimensions. This reconstruction lets the surgical team examine spatial relationships that may be difficult to appreciate from individual image slices. By linking these structures, planning can support a more targeted opening and trajectory while limiting unnecessary disruption of surrounding tissue.
The lesion alone does not determine a safe operative route. Blood vessels may constrain access, while critical functional regions represent areas that should be protected during the approach. Including both in the planning model allows surgeons to weigh access against potential injury to surrounding anatomy. This broader representation helps convert complex neuroanatomical relationships into a coordinated operative strategy.
Neuronavigation connects preoperative anatomical planning with image-guided surgical orientation. It helps relate the planned opening and trajectory to the mapped lesion, skull, vessels, and functional regions during operative decision-making. In bioengineering, this illustrates how imaging data can be translated into a navigable spatial reference, supporting individualized planning rather than relying only on generalized anatomical assumptions.
Planning begins with medical imaging, followed by three-dimensional reconstruction of relevant anatomy. The team then evaluates the lesion’s relationship to the skull, blood vessels, and critical functional regions, and selects an opening location, size, and trajectory. Image-guided systems, patient-specific models, and computational simulations can further examine or communicate the proposed strategy before surgery.
Patient-specific models represent an individual’s anatomy rather than an average anatomical configuration. They can help visualize the planned access route and clarify relationships among the skull, lesion, vessels, and functional regions. In addition to supporting individualized surgical planning, these models can be used in surgical training, where learners can study complex anatomy and operative strategies in a structured setting.
Computational simulation provides a way to examine a proposed operative strategy before it is applied during surgery. Used alongside three-dimensional anatomical reconstruction and image-guided systems, it can support visualization of access choices and their relationship to surrounding structures. For bioengineering, this creates a framework for testing and communicating patient-specific plans while reducing reliance on purely mental visualization.