Optimizing DBS Electrode Placement and Programming

Deep brain stimulation has become the primary surgical therapy for the treatment of motor
symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, and for essential tremor. Although an
effective and relatively safe procedure with expanding indications, opportunities exist for
the optimization of the current procedure.

The investigators therefore propose, in a group of patients undergoing DBS surgery for the
treatment of PD or ET, to use a combination of high‐field imaging modalities, intraoperative
electrophysiology, external sensor interfaces, and computational modeling, to gather
information on the utility of using these techniques to optimize DBS electrode placement and
programming.