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MRI in focal lesions
Author(s) -
Fish D. R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1994.tb05197.x
Subject(s) - neuroimaging , epilepsy , epilepsy surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , identification (biology) , radiology , medical physics , psychology , psychiatry , botany , biology
The advent of modern, high resolution MRI and post‐processing techniques allows the identification of the underlying structural abnormalities in most (> 80%) patients with partial epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation. This information is crucially important for case selection, and the prediction of post‐operative seizure control. In consequence, the whole agenda of pre‐operative assessment should change, with increasing emphasis on high quality neuroimaging.