Imaging of Patients with Hippocampal Sclerosis at 7 Tesla. Initial Results

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Breyer, Tobias ^a   Wanke, Isabel ^a   Maderwald, Stefan ^b   Woermann, Friedrich G ^c   Kraff, Oliver ^b   Theysohn, Jens M ^a   Ebner, Alois ^c   Forsting, Michael ^a   Ladd, Mark E ^b   Schlamann, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 Tesla; High resolution MRI; hippocampal sclerosis; human

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649157543     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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