MR Imaging of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 424-436

  Camacho, Daniel L A ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^b  

^a Radiology Associates of the Fox Valley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 36049037261     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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