Quantitative analysis of temporal lobe white matter T2 relaxation time in temporal lobe epilepsy

NeuroImage

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 318-324

  Townsend, Tiffany N ^a   Bernasconi, Neda ^a   Pike, G Bruce ^a   Bernasconi, Andrea ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hippo T2; T2 relaxation time; Temporal lobe epilepsy; WM T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 4344712170     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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