Noam
Harel1, Essa Yacoub2, Kamil Ugurbil2, Aviva
Abosch3
1Radiology, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, United States; 2Radiology , University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, United States; 3Neurosurgery, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Deep
brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical treatment involving the implantation of
an electrode in the brain, is used for the treatment of patients with
movement disorders. The success of this surgical technique is critically
dependent on precise placement of the DBS electrode into the target
structure. However, current clinical imaging methods lack the sensitivity for
resolving and visualizing of the DBS target.