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Electrical cortical stimulation for treatment of intractable epilepsy originating from eloquent cortex: surgical accuracy and clinical efficacy
Electrical cortical stimulation is shown effective in treating patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. We demonstrated how detailed procedures of pre- and intra-operative planning of cortical stimulation implan...
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Effect of ventilation rate on air cleanliness and energy consumption in operation rooms at rest
The interrelationships between ventilation rate, indoor air quality, and energy consumption in operation rooms at rest are yet to be understood. We investigate the effect of ventilation rate on indoor air qual...
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Open AccessDifferent perceptions of narrative medicine between Western and Chinese medicine students
Western medicine is an evidence-based science, whereas Chinese medicine is more of a healing art. To date, there has been no research that has examined whether students of Western and Chinese medicine differen...
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Open AccessDifferent Volumetric Measurement Methods for Pituitary Adenomas and Their Crucial Clinical Significance
Confirming the status of residual tumors is crucial. In stationary or spontaneous regression cases, early treatments are inappropriate. The long-used geometric calculation formula is 1/2 (length × width × heig...
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Open AccessLong Term Surgical Outcome and Prognostic Factors of Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas
Atypical and malignant meningiomas are rare. Our aim was to examine the treatment outcomes following surgical resection, and analyze associations between clinical characteristics and overall survival (OS) or r...
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Neurenteric cysts: risk factors and management of recurrence
Neurenteric cysts are rare central nervous system lesions with excellent outcome after total excision. The authors report their experience in the management of these lesions, especially if recurrence occurs. R...
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Open AccessThe effects of antiepileptic drugs on the growth of glioblastoma cell lines
To determine the effects of antiepileptic drug compounds on glioblastoma cellular growth, we exposed glioblastoma cell lines to select antiepileptic drugs. The effects of selected antiepileptic drugs on gliobl...
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Open AccessPrediction of Long-term Post-operative Testosterone Replacement Requirement Based on the Pre-operative Tumor Volume and Testosterone Level in Pituitary Macroadenoma
Non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFPAs) are the most prevalent pituitary macroadenomas. One common symptom of NFPA is hypogonadism, which may require long-term hormone replacement. This study was desig...
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Corpus callosum involvement and postoperative outcomes of patients with gliomas
Corpus callosum involvement is associated with poorer survival in high grade glioma (HGG), but the prognostic value in low grade glioma (LGG) is unclear. To determine the prognostic impact of corpus callosum i...
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Long-term result of vocal cord paralysis after anterior cervical disectomy
Anterior cervical disectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a highly effective and safe method for spinal cord and cervical root decompression. However, vocal cord paralysis (VCP) remains an important cause of postopera...
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Ganglion cyst of the cruciate ligament with atlantoaxial subluxation
Ganglion cysts of the cruciate ligament are rare and sometimes asymptomatic. The authors present three cases of ganglion cysts of the cruciate ligament with atlantoaxial subluxation, which has rarely been repo...
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The impact of low-frequency stimulation of subthalamic region on self-generated isometric contraction in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Growing evidence suggests that spontaneous oscillatory low-frequency synchronization in the subthalamic nuclei (STN) may modulate motor performance in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). To explore this in...
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Using three-dimensional multigrid-based snake and multiresolution image registration for reconstruction of cranial defect
In cranioplasty, neurosurgeons use bone grafts to repair skull defects. To ensure the protection of intracranial tissues and recover the original head shape for aesthetic purposes, a custom-made pre-fabricated...
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The intracranial volume pressure response in increased intracranial pressure patients: Part 1. Calculation of the volume pressure indicator
The intracranial pressure (ICP) is usually continuously monitored in the management of patients with increased ICP. The aim of this study was to discover a mathematic equation to express the intracranial press...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Detection of Intracranial Electroencephalogram Spikes by Phase Space Reconstruction
Distinguishing epileptic spikes from non-spike waves is commonly performed by matching morphological data to predefined spike patterns, which is limited by the waveform variety appeared in epileptic spikes. Th...
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of cranial defect using active contour model and image registration
In neurosurgery, cranial incisions during craniotomy can be recovered by cranioplasty—a surgical operation using cranial implants to repair skull defects. However, surgeons often encounter difficulties when gr...
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage diagnosis with computed tomographic angiography and OsiriX
Recent advances in computed tomographic angiography (CTA) have resulted in its replacing digital subtraction angiography (DSA). However, CTA requires a powerful workstation and experienced technicians for imag...
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Integration of a stereo vision system and a laser range finder for 3-D construction
In this article, we investigate the problem of integrating a binocular stereo vision system and a laser range finder to construct a 3-D map of the environment. The proposed scheme is realized by using the alig...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysis of Microelectrographic Neuronal Background in Deep Brain Nuclei in Parkinson Disease
This paper proposes that spectral characteristics of background neuronal potentials can be effective parameters to classifying and identifying neural activities from subthalamic nucleus (STN) and subtantia nig...
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3D registration of human face using evolutionary computation and Kriging interpolation
This paper proposes a fast and robust 3D human face geometric data registration strategy dedicated for image-guided medical applications. The registration scheme is composed of a coarse transformation stage an...
