Supplementary Material for Proton Density MRI in Functional Neurosurgery

Thirteen studies comprising 326 subjects were included in a systematic review of proton density–weighted MRI for functional neurosurgery. The dataset, authored by figshare admin karger and last updated in April 2026, contains a DOCX document summarizing evidence and illustrating the use of PDW imaging to identify key anatomical targets for procedures like deep brain stimulation.

Use Cases

• Reviewing evidence for PDW MRI visualization of subcortical structures like the ventral intermediate nucleus and globus pallidus.
• Planning stereotactic surgical procedures based on high grey-white matter contrast anatomical images.
• Developing postoperative verification protocols for electrode placement or lesion location.
• Identifying anatomical targets not yet widely documented in literature, such as the pallidothalamic tract or nucleus accumbens.

Strengths

• Systematic review following PRISMA guidelines, aggregating findings from 13 studies and 326 subjects.
• Includes representative clinical images correlated with established human anatomy.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is a 3.9 MB DOCX document; the underlying image data or structured results are not directly provided.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the document after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review and analysis of representative clinical images from the authors' practice.

Time Range

Covers literature up to the date of the review; specific publication years of included studies are not listed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 03:55:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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