Effect of white matter uncertainty visualization in neurosurgical decision making
You are being invited to participate in a research study titled "Effect of white matter uncertainty visualization in neurosurgical decision making".
This study is a part of a collbration project between ETZ Tilburg, TU Eindhoven and TU Delft under a research program “Diffusion MRI Tractography with Uncertainty Propagation for the Neurosurgical Workflow” having NWO project number 16338.
Visualization of white matter pathways (‘tractography’) is increasingly used in neurosurgical practice. However, there are still many conceptual and technical
difficulties to be solved. Tractography is, in principle, a technique that identifies white matter pathways with a certain uncertainty. Results are not necessarily
a 1-to-1 reflection of the actual anatomy. The purpose of this research study is to analyze whether the uncertainty visualization in fiber tracking affects
decision-making in clinical workflow.
The outcome of this evaluation will be anonymously included in a paper. We will be providing several clinical cases of tumor resection surgery and present fiber
tracking results with and without uncertainty information via this interactive web-tool. We then ask you to answer questions based on the given results. We really appreciate you giving us a moment of your precious time.
Faizan Siddiqui
PhD candidate,
TU Delft / TU Einhoven,
f.p.siddiqui@tudelft.nl
Note:
- This questionnaire includes interaction with the results, as shown in the right image. We, therefore, suggest you to use personal computers or laptops with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 or higher, having internet with an adequate speed. Mobile phones or tablets are not advisable.
- The recommended browsers are Chrome and Safari. Avoid using Mozilla firefox for this evaluation as it might not provide the optimal response needed for the interactions.
