3D Decision Support Tool for Brain Tumour Surgery: The STRATUM Project

Abstract

Integrated digital diagnostics can support complex surgical procedures in many anatomical sites, brain tumour surgery being the most complex. STRATUM is a 5-year Horizon Europe funded project with the goal of developing an innovative 3D decision support tool for brain tumour surgeries, based on real-time multimodal data processing using artificial intelligence algorithms. The proposed tool is envisioned as an energy-efficient Point-of-Care computing system to be integrated within neurosurgical workflows to aid surgeons to make informed, efficient, and accurate decisions during surgical procedures. The expected long-term impact of STRATUM is to reduce the duration of surgical procedures, thus decreasing patients' risks, but also optimising the resources of European health care systems.