Michael Schulder, Akash Mishra, Antonios Mammis, Andres Horn, Alexandre Boutet, Patric Blomstedt, Stephan Chabardes, Oliver Flouty, Andres M Lozano, Joseph S Neimat, Francisco Ponce, Philip A Starr, Joachim K Krauss, Marwan Hariz, Jin Woo Chang
BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation has become an established technology for the treatment of patients with a wide variety of conditions, including movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, and pain. Surgery for implantation of DBS devices has enhanced our understanding of human physiology, which in turn has led to advances in DBS technology. Our group has previously published on these advances, proposed future developments, and examined evolving indications for DBS. SUMMARY: The crucial roles of structural MR imaging pre-, intra-, and post-DBS procedure in target visualization and confirmation of targeting are described, with discussion of new MR sequences and higher field strength MRI enabling direct visualization of brain targets...
February 21, 2023: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery