A preliminary study of epilepsy in children using diffusional kurtosis imaging

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-300

  Zhang, Y ^a   Yan, X ^b   Gao, Y ^a   Xu, D ^b,c   Wu, J ^a   Li, Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b B326 Science Building   (China)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusional kurtosis imaging; Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSIONAL KURTOSIS IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNCUS; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890546738     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-013-0212-3     Document Type: Article

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