Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
462-05-008 ISMRM Abstract

Presurgical Thalamic DTI associations with 3-month outcome following MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor

Primary: Interventional - MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound
Secondary: Neuro - Neuromodulation
462-05-008 · Interventional MRI: Device, Catheter Tracking, and Image-Guided Therapy · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:00 PM–4:55 PM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Focused Ultrasound Diffusion-weighted MRI Clinical outcome Essential tremor Tract parcellation
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Conrad P Rockel 1, Darren L Clark1, Camila Aquino1, Marisol Ardila Nino1, Tejas Sankar2, Fady Girgis1, Samuel Pichardo1, Davide Martino3, Zelma H Kiss3, G. Bruce Pike3,4,5,6
1Radiology and Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
2Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Canada
3Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
4University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
5Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
6Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Presenting Author: Conrad P Rockel

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