Safety assessment of spine MRI in deep brain stimulation patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with DBS devices may safely undergo spine MRI with a fewer number of slices compared to those used in routine clinical protocols. Safety data acquisition may allow protocols outside vendor guidelines with a maximized number of slices, reducing the need for radiologist supervision.Clinical trial registration no.: NCT03753945 (ClinicalTrials.gov). PMID: 32059193 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - February 13, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Boutet A, Elias GJB, Gramer R, Neudorfer C, Germann J, Naheed A, Bennett N, Li B, Gwun D, Chow CT, Maciel R, Valencia A, Fasano A, Munhoz RP, Foltz W, Mikulis D, Hancu I, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, Kucharczyk W, Lozano AM Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research