MRI-related heating near deep brain stimulation electrodes: More data are needed

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 131-140

  Gupte, Akshay A ^a,b   Shrivastava, Devashish ^a   Spaniol, Maggie A ^a   Abosch, Aviva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parkinson's disease; Radiofrequency heating; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLICATION; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; VALIDITY;

BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 79953884593     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324906     Document Type: Review

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