Individualized Deep Brain Simulation (T01*)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology ; Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering ; Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
• Term: from 2021 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 286471992

The aim of this project is to develop a recording device with magnetoelectric sensors to measure the topographic position of the electrode in the brain of patients. The exact number and placement of the sensors will be determined. Scans with single sensors or small arrays of sensors will be performed initially and then extended to a whole head cap measurement. For segmented electrodes, the orientation of the electrode and the stimulated area with respect to the anatomical structures in the brain will be detected. Imaging data and the reconstructed position of the stimulated contact will be integrated, and techniques for the calculation of the stimulated field will be applied.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres (Transfer Project)
• Subproject of: SFB 1261: Magnetoelectric Sensors: From Composite Materials to Biomagnetic Diagnostics
• International Connection: France
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Business and Industry: Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH; Boston Scientific International S.A. ; DBS Scientist Europe
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Günther Deuschl; Dr. Ann-Kristin Helmers; Professor Dr.-Ing. Michael Höft