Diffusion and perfusion MRI for the localisation of epileptogenic foci in drug-resistant epilepsy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 475-480

  Heiniger, P ^b   El Koussy, M ^b   Schindler, K ^b   Lovblad K O ^a,b   Kiefer, C ^b   Oswald, H ^b   Wissmeyer, M ^b   Mariani, L ^b   Donati, F ^b   Schroth, G ^b   Weder, B ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFUSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036935161     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0785-z     Document Type: Article

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