Diffusion tensor MRI visualizes decreased subcortical fiber connectivity in focal cortical dysplasia

NeuroImage

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1826-1829

  Lee, Seung Koo ^a   Kim, Dong Ik ^a   Mori, Susumu ^b   Kim, Jinna ^a   Kim, Heung Dong ^a   Heo, Kyoung ^a   Lee, Byung In ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DTI; Fiber connectivity; Focal cortical dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242687264     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.04.028     Document Type: Article

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