Unveiling epileptogenic lesions: The contribution of image processing

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages 20-24

  Bernasconi, Andrea ^a   Bernasconi, Neda ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79960085680     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03146.x     Document Type: Article

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