Mixed-Reality Guidance for Brain Stimulation Treatment of Depression

Depression affects more than 16 million American adults, more than half of whom do not respond to medication. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an important anti-depressant treatment option that targets specific brain circuits responsible for mood and behavior. TMS efficacy and risk is strongly linked to correct TMS coil placement and can be significantly improved by accurate neuronavigation. In this paper we present tools for the development of a mixed reality TMS neuronavigation setup that will integrate patient tracking and visualization of brain anatomy and will allow streamlined neuronavigation in a single immersive environment.

Leuze C, Yang G, Hargreaves B, Daniel B, McNab JA. Mixed-reality guidance for brain stimulation treatment of depression. 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), Munich, Germany, 2018, pp. 377-380, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00109.

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Christoph Leuze
Director, Rad/Body Imaging
cleuze@stanford.edu
Brian A. Hargreaves
Professor of Radiology (Radiological Sciences Laboratory) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering and of Bioengineering
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bah@stanford.edu
Bruce Daniel
Professor of Radiology (Body Imaging) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
bdaniel@stanford.edu
Jennifer A McNab
Associate Professor (Research) of Radiology (Radiological Sciences Laboratory)
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Bruce Daniel, MD
(Director)
Professor, Radiology, 
and Bioengineering

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Brian Hargreaves, PhD
(Co-Director)   
Professor, Radiology,
Electrical Engineering 
and Bioengineering
bah@stanford.edu

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