Diffusion abnormalities in temporal lobes of children with temporal lobe epilepsy: A preliminary diffusional kurtosis imaging study and comparison with diffusion tensor imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1369-1377

  Gao, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yuzhen ^a   Wong, Chun Sing ^b   Wu, Po Man ^c   Zhang, Zhongping ^b   Gao, Junling ^b   Qiu, Deqiang ^d   Huang, Bingsheng ^b  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusional kurtosis imaging; Preliminary study; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; TENSORS;

AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CHILDREN; DIFFUSIONAL KURTOSIS IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; PRELIMINARY STUDY; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

EID: 84868120444     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2809     Document Type: Article

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