Diffusional kurtosis imaging reveals a distinctive pattern of microstructural alternations in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 148-155

  Lee, C Y ^a   Tabesh, A ^a   Spampinato, M V ^a   Helpern, J A ^a   Jensen, J H ^a   Bonilha, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusional kurtosis imaging; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tract based spatial statistics; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANISOTROPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906060804     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12257     Document Type: Article

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