DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF SURGICAL DBS TARGETS USING HIGH-FIELD (7 TESLA) MRI

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 本研究的目的是开发新的成像工具，用于直接可视化大脑小结构。目前的临床成像方法没有足够的分辨率来分辨作为DBS手术目标的小脑核。然而，随着磁共振技术的最新优势，更强的磁体（7 T）和上级图像分辨率，对此类结构进行成像是可行的。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to develop new imaging tools for direct visualization of small brain structures. Current clinical imaging methods do not have sufficient resolutions to resolve small brain nuclei that are the targets for DBS surgery. However, with recent advantages of MR technology, with stronger magnet (7T) and superior image resolution, it is feasible to image such structures.