Contribution of T2 relaxation time mapping in the evaluation of cryptogenic temporal lobe epilepsy

NeuroImage

Volumn 7, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 304-313

  Namer, I J ^a   Waydelich, R ^b   Armspach, J P ^a   Hirsch, E ^b   Marescaux, C ^b   Grucker, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance; Mesial temporal sclerosis; NMR; Relaxometry; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032064688     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0331     Document Type: Article

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