Integrating magnetic resonance imaging postprocessing results into neuronavigation for electrode implantation and resection of subtle focal cortical dysplasia in previously cryptogenic epilepsy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-194

  Wellmer, Jörg ^a   Parpaley, Yaroslav ^a   Von Lehe, Marec ^a   Huppertz, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depth electrode; Epilepsy; Focal cortical dysplasia; Magnetic resonance imaging postprocessing; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAVIGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77249104497     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000359329.92781.B7     Document Type: Article

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