3-Tesla MRI and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-461

  Prado, Juan Alvarez Linera ^a  

^a Ruber International Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT TECHNIQUE; BRAIN INJURY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 36048929168     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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