Abstract #4145
            MR Guided CED of a Novel Therapeutic for Parkinsons Disease: The Importance of Imaging Feedback
                      Alastair J Martin                     1                    , Krystof Bankiewicz                     2                    , 						John Bringas                     2                    , Chad Christine                     3                    , 						Marin Thompson                     2                    , Janine Beyer                     2                    , 						and Paul Larson                     2          
            
            1
           
           Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San 
						Francisco, CA, United States,
           
            2
           
           Neurological 
						Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, United States,
           
            3
           
           Neurology, 
						UCSF, San Francisco, CA, United States
          
            
          MR guidance is used to monitor convection enhanced 
						delivery of a novel gene therapy agent (AAV2-hAADC) in 
						patients with Parkinsons disease. The therapeutic is 
						infused bilaterally into the putamen and targeting is 
						performed with intra-operative MR guidance. Two 
						infusions are performed in each putamen in order to 
						maximize coverage of the anatomic structure. Continuous 
						infusion monitoring with MR imaging revealed sub-optimal 
						distributions such as reflux along the cannula tract and 
						shunting along vascular channels. Detection of these 
						effects permitted adjustments to infusion strategy, 
						including changing cannula depth and aborting 
						ineffective infusions.
         
				
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