3T MRI quantification of hippocampal volume and signal in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy improves detection of hippocampal sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-83

  Coan, A C ^a   Kubota, B ^a   Bergo, F P G ^a   Campos, B M ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892751823     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3640     Document Type: Article

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