Quantification of hippocampal signal intensity in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-233

  Coan, Ana Carolina ^b   Kobayashi, Eliane ^b   Li, Li Min ^b   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hippocampal atrophy; Hippocampal signal; TLE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0038798600     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403013003005     Document Type: Article

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