Localization of epileptogenic zones in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) using graph theoretical analysis of ictal intracranial EEG: A preliminary investigation

Brain and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-36

  Kim, Jeong Youn ^a   Kang, Hoon Chul ^b   Kim, Kiwoong ^c   Kim, Heung Dong ^b   Im, Chang Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Betweenness centrality; Epileptogenic zone; Graph theory; Intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG); Lennox Gastaut syndrome (LGS); Phase locking value (PLV); Secondary generalized epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; ALGORITHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84919457050     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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