Personalized, Computer-Enhanced Epilepsy Treatment Ahead?

Personalized, Computer-Enhanced Epilepsy Treatment Ahead?
Physicians could one day personalize treatments for epilepsy patients by using computer models that pinpoint the parts of brains responsible for seizures, according to researchers at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. The connectivity of neurons and the affected areas in the brain are different in epilepsy patients, according to a recent story in New Scientist. Lead researcher Frances Hutchings and her colleagues at Newcastle are using a combination of MRI scans and diffusion tensor imaging to find those differences.