Visualizing Meyer's loop: A comparison of deterministic and probabilistic tractography

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 481-490

  Lilja, Ylva ^a,b   Ljungberg, Maria ^a   Starck, Göran ^a   Malmgren, Kristina ^a,b   Rydenhag, Bertil ^a,b   Nilsson, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Epilepsy surgery; Meyer's loop; Optic radiation; Temporal lobe; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERMINISTIC TRACTOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEYERS LOOP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC TRACTOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRACTOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY SURGERY; MEYER'S LOOP; OPTIC RADIATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROBABILITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895441364     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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