Artificial intelligence is helping the Cleveland Clinic improve the odds an epilepsy patient can live seizure-free: Brain Tech in Cleveland

Locating the source of an epileptic seizure can be tricky. Even the most advanced MRI can't pinpoint lesions, scars or other abnormalities on the brain in one-quarter of epilepsy patients. Cleveland Clinic experts are turning to artificial intelligence to help bridge the gap. Neurologists and brain surgeons from the Clinic's Epilepsy Center are using AI and advanced medical imaging techniques to help locate the source of a patient's seizures. That gives surgeons a better chance of removing any brain tissue that's associated with those seizures, which could help the patient live seizure-free for years. The use of AI has already helped the Clinic improve the odds a surgery will result in a patient living without seizures, said Dr. Imad Najm, the director of the Epilepsy Center at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute.