Subcortical and cerebellar atrophy in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy revealed by automatic segmentation

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 130-138

  McDonald, Carrie R ^a,b   Hagler Jr , Donald J ^b   Ahmadi, Mazyar E ^b   Tecoma, Evelyn ^c   Iragui, Vicente ^c   Dale, Anders M ^b,c   Halgren, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Subcortical atrophy; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; VALIDITY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42749089154     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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