Coenen, Volker A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-6283
Schlaepfer, Thomas E.
Reinacher, Peter C.
Mast, Hansjoerg
Urbach, Horst
Reisert, Marco
Article History
Received: 5 March 2019
Accepted: 24 April 2019
First Online: 30 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: VAC receives an ongoing collaborative grant from BrainLab (Munich, Germany) for a postdoc position of MR; VAC and TES have received minimal funding from Medtronic (USA) for two IIT (FORESEEI/II, “slMFB DBS in major depression”) and from Boston Scientific (CA, USA) for an ongoing IIT (FORESEE III, “slMFB DBS in major depression”). VAC serves as medical advisor for CorTec, Freiburg, Germany. PCR has received travel/accommodations/meeting expenses from Boston Scientific (CA, USA) and BrainLab (Munich, Germany). Hu and HJM have nothing to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (name of institute/committee) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Reported OCD patients and the single TRD patient underwent experimental DBS which was acknowledged by the local IRB. Informed consent was obtained.
: Although DICOM data are included with slMFBml integration, the standard planning software is in no way affected. DICOM overlay serves as a comparison to check the plausibility of slMFBdet rendition only. Acceptance of result and end check is left to the discretion of the operating expert.DBS of the slMFB in major depression and OCD in Europe and USA are experimental procedures.