Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging: Clinical applications and contributions to the understanding of temporal lobe epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1521-1531

  Watson, Craig ^a   Jack Jr , Clifford R ^b   Cendes, Fernando ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0030808772     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550240071015     Document Type: Review

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