Role of three-dimensional fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (3D FLAIR) and proton density magnetic resonance imaging for the detection and evaluation of lesion extent of focal cortical dysplasia in patients with refractory epilepsy

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Saini, Jitender ^a   Singh, Atampreet ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^a   Rathore, Chathurbhuj ^a   Bahuleyan, Biji ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

3D FLAIR; Epilepsy; Focal cortical dysplasia; Proton density

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CORTICAL THICKNESS; FLUID-ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERIES; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MR IMAGING; MRI SEQUENCES; PROTON DENSITY; SAGITTAL PLANE; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TRANSVERSE PLANES; WHITE MATTER;

FOCUSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 76749143000     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903433805     Document Type: Article

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