Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in the hippocampi in patients with temporal lobe seizures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1582-1586

  Londoño, Ana ^b   Castillo, Mauricio ^a   Lee, Yueh Z ^b   Smith, J Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0141520583     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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