Eliminating the human factor from stereotaxic surgeries

消除立体定向手术中的人为因素

• 批准号: 10080673
• 负责人: Achim Klug
• 金额: $ 25.2万
• 依托单位: POPNEURON LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10080673
• 关键词: 3-Dimensional; Animal Experimentation; Animal Experiments; Animals; Area; Atlases; Base of the Brain; Brain; Caliber; Computer Vision Systems; Computer software; Computers; Data; Databases; Devices; Dorsal; Electrodes; Elements; Ensure; Frustration; Goals; Human; Image; Injections; Intervention; Laboratories; Lighting; Location; MRI Scans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Manuals; Measurement; Measures; Mechanics; Monitor; Neuronavigation; Operative Surgical Procedures; Persons; Positioning Attribute; Procedures; Reporting; Reproducibility; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resolution; Robotics; Sampling; Savings; Scanning; Side; Site; Speed; Structure; Surgical sutures; System; Techniques; Technology; Time; Touch sensation; Translations; Vision; Work; X-Ray Computed Tomography; age group; base; bone; bone imaging; brain tissue; cloud based; cost effective; cranium; design; experimental study; genetic strain; hexapod; in vivo; laboratory experience; member; millimeter; novel; operation; optical fiber; programs; prototype; soft tissue; software development; tool; virtual; wasting

Project Summary: The main goal of this research project is to develop a new line of new stereotaxic devices for small animal research that outperforms existing devices in terms of accuracy, reproducibility, and ease of use. Advancing a tool such as an electrode, injection pipette or optical fiber through a small hole in the cranium, sometimes over long distances, and placing it precisely in a particular brain area, often much less than one millimeter in diameter, is a significant experimental challenge. Any time an investigator misses the target brain area and the experiment fails as a result, a significant amount of work is lost, additional animals get sacrificed, materials are wasted, and the pace of scientific discovery has been slowed. Even in cases when experiments succeed, they can be difficult to reproduce because many research groups rely on their most experienced lab members and their “special touch” to perform these procedures – thereby adding an element of non- quantitativeness to the procedures, effectively making the experiment less reproducible. We propose to develop a novel stereotaxic apparatus which will overcome many of these shortcomings. Our device features a radically different mechanical design which is natively compatible with both traditional and novel in-vivo techniques. We propose to combine computer 3D vision and robotics for automatic and software guided adjustments of the animal's skull. Landmarks are measured with 3D vision, based on structured illumination at a level of accuracy that has not been accomplished by any of the existing devices. This information will guide a robotic platform to position the animal for the experiment. Finally, we propose to develop an open software platform for neuronavigation that will allow investigators to use the platform with any small animal species they desire to use. Brain atlas systems for neuronavigation can either be downloaded from a cloud based site, or produced de-novo by the investigator by preparing a single set of MRI and CT scans from one sample animal. Our device will help make stereotaxic procedures more accurate and less dependent on human input and thereby increase the repeatability of experiments within a laboratory as well as the reproducibility of experiments across laboratories.

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