The current status of neuroimaging for epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-184

  Duncan, John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Language; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory; Positron emission tomography; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL TRYPTOPHAN C 11; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PERFUSION; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TISSUE SLICE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VOLUMETRY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68849126374     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328328f260     Document Type: Review

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