Diffusion tensor imaging tractography to visualize the relationship of the optic radiation to epileptogenic lesions prior to neurosurgery

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1430-1438

  Winston, Gavin P ^a   Yogarajah, Mahinda ^a   Symms, Mark R ^a   McEvoy, Andrew W ^b   Micallef, Caroline ^b   Duncan, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Epilepsy; Neurosurgery; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OPTIC RADIATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79960903509     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03088.x     Document Type: Article

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