Utility of diffusion tensor imaging tractography in decision making for extratemporal resective epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 52-63

  Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   James, Jija S ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^a   Bahuleyan, Biji ^a   Abraham, Mathew ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI tractography; Eloquent cortical areas; Epilepsy surgery; Extratemporal epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY SURGERY; EXTRATEMPORAL EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRANT HEMIANOPIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054799007     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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