Diffusion tensor imaging tractography of the optic radiation for epilepsy surgical planning: A comparison of two methods

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Winston, Gavin P ^a   Mancini, Laura ^a,b   Stretton, Jason ^a   Ashmore, Jonathan ^b   Symms, Mark R ^a   Duncan, John S ^a   Yousry, Tarek A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Epilepsy surgery; Optic radiation; Tumours; Visual field deficits

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MEYER LOOP; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; OPTIC RADIATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055156178     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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