Kahan, J;
Papadaki, A;
White, M;
Mancini, L;
Yousry, T;
Zrinzo, L;
Limousin, P;
... Thornton, J; + view all
(2015)
The Safety of Using Body-Transmit MRI in Patients with Implanted Deep Brain Stimulation Devices.
PLoS One
, 10
(6)
, Article e0129077. 10.1371/journal.pone.0129077.
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Abstract
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for patients with movement disorders. Patients receiving chronic DBS provide a unique opportunity to explore the underlying mechanisms of DBS using functional MRI. It has been shown that the main safety concern with MRI in these patients is heating at the electrode tips - which can be minimised with strict adherence to a supervised acquisition protocol using a head-transmit/receive coil at 1.5T. MRI using the body-transmit coil with a multi-channel receive head coil has a number of potential advantages including an improved signal-to-noise ratio.
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