During the past decade, this neurosurgical technique has grown in importance for the treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. However, planning and performing such interventions still remain difficult, either for defining accurately the location of the anatomical structure to stimulate, determining an optimal position for the electrode, dealing with brain shift, or determining the optimum stimulator settings.

This workshop aims at gathering researchers and clinicians in various fields such as medical image computing, computer graphics, computational modeling, computer-aided surgical planning, and interventional imaging to discuss the recent advances and the challenges to address to improve DBS interventions. It is expected to be a forum of discussion and exchanges between young and experimented scientists and clinicians.

Christopher R. Butson, Ph.D.