HONG KONG: Scientists here have developed a robotic system that can perform brain surgeries within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to facilitate the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) said.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a kind of stereotactic neurosurgery that can treat neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease.

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