Multimodality approach in cryptogenic epilepsy with focus on morphometric 3T MRI

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-96

  Doelken, M T ^a   Mennecke, A ^a   Huppertz, H J ^b   Rampp, S ^a   Lukacs, E ^a   Kasper, B S ^a   Kuwert, T ^a   Ritt, P ^a   Doerfler, A ^a   Stefan, H ^a   Hammen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic; Epilepsy; MAP; MEG; Morphometric analysis; MRI; PET; SPECT; VBM

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOGENIC EPILEPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84861191705     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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