NeuroMeasure: A Software Package for Quantification of Cortical Motor Maps Using Frameless Stereotaxic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
UNLABELLED: The recent enhanced sophistication of non-invasive mapping of the human motor cortex using MRI-guided Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) techniques, has not been matched by refinement of methods for generating maps from motor evoked potential (MEP) data, or in quantifying map features. This is despite continued interest in understanding cortical reorganization for natural adaptive processes such as skill learning, or in the case of motor recovery, such as after lesion affecting the corticospinal system. With the observation that TMS-MEP map calculation and quantification methods vary, and that no readily available commercial or free software exists, we sought to establish and make freely available a comprehensive software package that advances existing methods, and could be helpful to scientists and clinician-researchers. Therefore, we developed
AIM: This paper aims to describe a software platform for quantifying and comparing maps of the human primary motor cortex, using neuronavigated transcranial magnetic stimulation, for the purpose of studying brain plasticity in health and disease.
Volume
13
First Page
23
Last Page
23
ISSN
1662-5196
Published In/Presented At
Gerber, M. B., McLean, A. C., Stephen, S. J., Chalco, A. G., Arshad, U. M., Thickbroom, G. W., Silverstein, J., Tsagaris, K. Z., Kuceyeski, A., Friel, K., Santos, T. E. G., & Edwards, D. J. (2019). NeuroMeasure: A Software Package for Quantification of Cortical Motor Maps Using Frameless Stereotaxic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Frontiers in neuroinformatics, 13, 23. https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2019.00023
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
31105546
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article