Agarose gels: Model of artificial brain in neurosurgery

Marion Saliege (1) , Anne Boyer-Grand (1) , Jean Jacques Lemaire (2) , Jean Chopineau (1) , Valérie Sautou (1) , Jean Gabrillargues (3) , Aurélien Coste (2) , Laurent Sakka (2) , Jerome Coste (2) , Fabien Tixier , Carole Martin , Viorel Achim (2)

1 Service Pharmacie [CHU Clermont-Ferrand]
2 Service de Neurochirurgie [CHU Clermont-Ferrand]
3 Unité de neuroradiologie, service de radiologie

The term artificial brain usually brings to mind a computer model that mimics neuronal activity. International teams have already worked on a model of agarose gel to explore the cerebral perfusion of drugs (1). Our work had 2 goals: 1-to create a biomechanical brain surrogate used for the development of an invasive neurosurgical robot, devised for future medical applications such as tumor removal and insertion of implant; 2-to determine the physical and mechanical parameters of the gels that will be used for experimental tests(development of robot).

Mots clés: neurosurgery; validation model; artificial brain

Domaines: Neurobiologie

Marion Saliege, Anne Boyer-Grand, Jean Jacques Lemaire, Jean Chopineau, Valérie Sautou, et al.. Agarose gels: Model of artificial brain in neurosurgery. 39th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, European Society of Clinical Pharmacy, European Society of Clinical Pharmacy, Oct 2010, Lyon, France. pp.465-466, ⟨10.1007/s11096-011-9481-6⟩. ⟨hal-01899202⟩