Dissociation between diffusion MR tractography density and strength in epilepsy patients with hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Ellmore, Timothy M ^a   Pieters, Thomas A ^a   Tandon, Nitin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hippocampal sclerosis; Medial temporal lobe epilepsy; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 79251650095     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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