3T versus 1.5T phased-array MRI in the presurgical work-up of patients with partial epilepsy of uncertain focus

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-262

  Zijlmans, Maeike ^a   De Kort, Gérard A P ^b   Witkamp, Theodore D ^b   Huiskamp, Geertjan M ^a   Seppenwoolde, Jan Henry ^b   Van Huffelen, Alexander C ^a   Leijten, Frans S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3T; Focal epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DYSPLASIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 68049126589     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21811     Document Type: Article

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