Transcranial Sonographic Localization of Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes Is Safe, Reliable and Predicts Clinical Outcome

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1382-1391

  Walter, Uwe ^a   Kirsch, Michael ^b   Wittstock, Matthias ^a   Müller, Jan Uwe ^b   Benecke, Reiner ^a   Wolters, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Dystonia; Essential tremor; Parkinson's disease; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; TRANSCRANIAL SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

NEUROSURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRANIAL B MODE SONOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 79960945526     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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