Advanced MRI analysis methods for detection of focal cortical dysplasia

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Bernasconi, Andrea ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Focal cortical dysplasia; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0141925709     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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