A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery
Following the recent acquisition of unprecedented anatomical details through state-of-the-art neuroimaging, stereotactic procedures such as microelectrode recording (MER) or deep brain stimulation (DBS) can now rely on direct and accurately individualized topographic targeting. Nevertheless, both mo...
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| author | Alfredo Conti Nicola Maria Gambadauro Paolo Mantovani Canio Pietro Picciano Vittoria Rosetti Marcello Magnani Sebastiano Lucerna Constantin Tuleasca Pietro Cortelli Giulia Giannini |
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| description | Following the recent acquisition of unprecedented anatomical details through state-of-the-art neuroimaging, stereotactic procedures such as microelectrode recording (MER) or deep brain stimulation (DBS) can now rely on direct and accurately individualized topographic targeting. Nevertheless, both modern brain atlases derived from appropriate histological techniques involving post-mortem studies of human brain tissue and the methods based on neuroimaging and functional information represent a valuable tool to avoid targeting errors due to imaging artifacts or insufficient anatomical details. Hence, they have thus far been considered a reference guide for functional neurosurgical procedures by neuroscientists and neurosurgeons. In fact, brain atlases, ranging from the ones based on histology and histochemistry to the probabilistic ones grounded on data derived from large clinical databases, are the result of a long and inspiring journey made possible thanks to genial intuitions of great minds in the field of neurosurgery and to the technical advancement of neuroimaging and computational science. The aim of this text is to review the principal characteristics highlighting the milestones of their evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bf22fea203a4106b2d8e7c895c3587a2023-11-18T00:43:28ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252023-05-0113583010.3390/brainsci13050830A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic NeurosurgeryAlfredo Conti0Nicola Maria Gambadauro1Paolo Mantovani2Canio Pietro Picciano3Vittoria Rosetti4Marcello Magnani5Sebastiano Lucerna6Constantin Tuleasca7Pietro Cortelli8Giulia Giannini9IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyStroke Unit- Barking, Havering and Redbrige University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen’s Hospital, Rom Valley Way, London RM7 0AG, UKIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Neurosurgery, AOU “G. Martino”, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, ItalyNeurosurgery Service and Gamma Knife Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, SwitzerlandIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Via Altura 3, 40123 Bologna, ItalyFollowing the recent acquisition of unprecedented anatomical details through state-of-the-art neuroimaging, stereotactic procedures such as microelectrode recording (MER) or deep brain stimulation (DBS) can now rely on direct and accurately individualized topographic targeting. Nevertheless, both modern brain atlases derived from appropriate histological techniques involving post-mortem studies of human brain tissue and the methods based on neuroimaging and functional information represent a valuable tool to avoid targeting errors due to imaging artifacts or insufficient anatomical details. Hence, they have thus far been considered a reference guide for functional neurosurgical procedures by neuroscientists and neurosurgeons. In fact, brain atlases, ranging from the ones based on histology and histochemistry to the probabilistic ones grounded on data derived from large clinical databases, are the result of a long and inspiring journey made possible thanks to genial intuitions of great minds in the field of neurosurgery and to the technical advancement of neuroimaging and computational science. The aim of this text is to review the principal characteristics highlighting the milestones of their evolution.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/5/830stereotactic atlasstereotaxisdeep brain stimulationbasal ganglianeuroanatomy |
| spellingShingle | Alfredo Conti Nicola Maria Gambadauro Paolo Mantovani Canio Pietro Picciano Vittoria Rosetti Marcello Magnani Sebastiano Lucerna Constantin Tuleasca Pietro Cortelli Giulia Giannini A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery Brain Sciences stereotactic atlas stereotaxis deep brain stimulation basal ganglia neuroanatomy |
| title | A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery |
| title_full | A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery |
| title_fullStr | A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery |
| title_short | A Brief History of Stereotactic Atlases: Their Evolution and Importance in Stereotactic Neurosurgery |
| title_sort | brief history of stereotactic atlases their evolution and importance in stereotactic neurosurgery |
| topic | stereotactic atlas stereotaxis deep brain stimulation basal ganglia neuroanatomy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/5/830 |
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