RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neuroimaging and Deep Brain Stimulation
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 15
OP 23
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A1644
VO 31
IS 1
A1 D. Dormont
A1 D. Seidenwurm
A1 D. Galanaud
A1 P. Cornu
A1 J. Yelnik
A1 E. Bardinet
YR 2010
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/1/15.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a new neurosurgical method principally used for the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD). Many new applications of DBS are under development, including the treatment of intractable psychiatric diseases. Brain imaging is used for the selection of patients for DBS, to localize the target nucleus, to detect complications, and to evaluate the final electrode contact position. In patients with implanted DBS systems, there is a risk of electrode heating when MR imaging is performed. This contraindicates MR imaging unless specific precautions are taken. Involvement of neuroradiologists in DBS procedures is essential to optimize presurgical evaluation, targeting, and postoperative anatomic results. The precision of the neuroradiologic correlation with anatomic data and clinical outcomes in DBS promises to yield significant basic science and clinical advances in the future.