Threshold-independent functional MRI determination of language dominance: A validation study against clinical gold standards

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-297

  Suarez, Ralph O ^a   Whalen, Stephen ^a   Nelson, Aaron P ^a,b   Tie, Yanmei ^a   Meadows, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Radmanesh, Alireza ^a   Golby, Alexandra J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Functional MRI threshold; Language dominance; Language laterality index (LI); Noninvasive language; Postsurgical language; Presurgical planning; Wada test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GOLD STANDARD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; WADA TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AMOBARBITAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349835360     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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