Contrast-enhanced perfusion and diffusion MRI accurately lateralize temporal lobe epilepsy: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 841-849

  O'Brien, T J ^a   David, E P ^a   Kilpatrick, C J ^a   Desmond, P ^a   Tress, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hippocampus; MRI; Perfusion; T2 relaxometry; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34447621745     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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