Kochi, Feb. 9 -- Doctors at Amrita Hospital have developed and patented a novel brain-scan analysis technique that enables clearer and more accurate identification of seizure origins, marking a major advance in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.
The new method analyses brain scans using the patient's own data, helping clinicians pinpoint the precise area where seizures begin.
The technique has been scientifically validated and patented in both India and the United States, and is expected to improve the success rate of epilepsy surgeries.
Although medicines effectively control seizures in most epilepsy patients, nearly 30 per cent continue to suffer seizures despite optimal drug therapy.
Known as drug-resistant epilepsy, the condi...