Systems for determining lead marker orientation

A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

• determining an orientation of a lead for stimulating at least one neural target in a patient, wherein the lead includes segmented electrodes positioned peripherally around the lead and a lead marker at a known position on the lead and useful for determining the orientation of the lead, and wherein the determining the orientation of the lead includes:
• receiving lead marker information indicative of a detected lead marker on the lead that was detected using medical imaging;
• sensing signals from a signal generator using the segmented electrodes positioned peripherally around the lead, wherein the signal generator has a known location distinct from a location of the at least one neural target in the patient;
• determining a strength of a sensed signal received at individual ones of the segmented electrodes positioned peripherally around the lead;
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• using both the strength of the sensed signal and the detected lead marker to determine the lead orientation;
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• determining stimulation parameters for stimulating the at least one neural target using the determined lead orientation.

A system, comprising:

• a lead including segmented electrodes positioned peripherally around the lead;
• an orientation system configured to determine an orientation of the lead implanted in a patient, the orientation system including:
• sensing circuitry configured to use the segmented electrodes positioned peripherally around the lead to sense signals from a signal generator;
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• processing circuitry configured to determine at least one feature of a sensed signal received at individual ones of the segmented electrodes positioned peripherally around the lead and to use the at least one feature at the individual ones of the segmented electrodes to determine lead orientation.