Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
464-03-014 MRI in Clinical Practice Abstract

Patient-specific 7 Tesla MRI connectivity improves deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease

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Yarit Wiggerts1, Wietske van der Zwaag2,3, P. Richard Schuurman1, Maarten Bot 1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Computational Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging, Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Maarten Bot

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