Single-subject voxel-based relaxometry for clinical assessment of temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Kosior, Robert K ^a,b,c   Lauzon, M Louis ^a,b,c   Frayne, Richard ^a,b,c   Federico, Paolo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; MRI; Partial seizures; Relaxometry; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749118175     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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