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Comparison of predicted DBS effect before and after the Duality-assisted programming session. The VTA is shown in orange, the STN in green, and the Thalamus in yellow. The DBS lead contacts are shown in pink and the shafts in gray. Left STN DBS is shown on the left, right STN DBS on the right; top row shows 3d and bottom row shows 2d views.
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As a result of the programming session that was assisted by the DBS simulations visualized using Duality, the stimulation settings were significantly changed for both sides (Table 1, Figure 4). Table 1 shows the DBS settings before and after the programming session, Figure 4 shows screenshots of DBS simulation for the stimulation settings previous to and after the programming session. Especially the 2d views (Figure 4, bottom row) show that the overlap of the VTA with the STN is clearly increased after the programming session.