Age effects on voxel-based relaxometry used for epileptic patients

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Sharkey, Rachel J ^a,b,c   Kosior, Robert K ^a,b,c   Federico, Paolo ^a,b,c   Frayne, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MRI; Normal aging relaxometry; Partial seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOXEL BASED RELAXOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957886410     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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