Intersubject variability in the anterior extent of the optic radiation assessed by tractography

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Starck, Göran ^b   Ljungberg, Maria ^b   Ribbelin, Susanne ^b   Jönsson, Lars ^b   Malmgren, Kristina ^a   Rydenhag, Bertil ^a  

^a Epilepsy Research Group   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Epilepsy surgery; Optic radiation; Temporal lobe; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 35348990308     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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