Electrophysiologic Validation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography during Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

摘要

Eleven patients underwent subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation. DTI and high-resolution T1- and T2-weighted MRI were performed at 3T. The electrode positions and current amplitudes that elicited corticospinal tract effects during the operation were studied to determine relative corticospinal tract distance. The mean intraoperative electrophysiologic corticospinal tract distance was 3.0 mm +/- 0.6 mm; the mean image-derived corticospinal tract distance (DTI fiber tractography) was 3.0 mm +/- 1.3 mm. DTI fiber tractography depicted the medial corticospinal border in concordance with electrophysiology under 2 different conditions and modeling approaches. Under both conditions, the electrophysiologic measurements were clearly related to the DTI fiber tractography.