Apparent diffusion coefficient mapping of the hippocampus and the amygdala in pharmaco-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy

PMG Pereira, E Oliveira… - American journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine whether interictal
apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) provide a robust means for detecting amygdalo …

Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in the hippocampus and amygdala of patients with temporal lobe seizures and in healthy volunteers

B Hakyemez, C Erdogan, H Yildiz, I Ercan, M Parlak - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2005 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The goals of this work were to measure the apparent diffusion coefficients
(ADCs) for both hippocampus and amygdala of persons diagnosed with temporal lobe …

Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in the hippocampi in patients with temporal lobe seizures

A Londoño, M Castillo, YZ Lee… - American journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Loss of neurons results in a relative increase in
extracellular space that may lead to altered apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in …

Correlation of apparent diffusion coefficient with neuropsychological testing in temporal lobe epilepsy

YW Lui, AO Nusbaum, WB Barr… - American journal …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with nonlesional temporal lobe epilepsy have
long been known to have abnormalities of memory. Recently, these patients have been …

Diagnostic value of interictal diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluation of intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

R Wang, S Li, M Chen, C Zhou - Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To explore the ability of interictal diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to localize
the temporal lobe of seizure origin and to predict postoperative seizure control in patients …

Limited utility of interictal apparent diffusion coefficient in the evaluation of hippocampal sclerosis

JH Lee, CK Chung, IC Song… - Acta neurologica …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective–Quantitative measurement of diffusion has been studied as an independent
parameter for the identification and characterization of abnormal hippocampi and temporal …

Apparent diffusion coefficient value of the hippocampus in patients with hippocampal sclerosis and in healthy volunteers

SY Yoo, KH Chang, IC Song, MH Han… - American journal …, 2002 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging with apparent
diffusion coefficient (ADC) has had widespread use clinically in a variety of intracranial …

The value of interictal diffusion-weighted imaging in lateralizing temporal lobe epilepsy

T Wehner, E Lapresto, J Tkach, P Liu, W Bingaman… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Background: A subgroup of patients with nonlesional temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has no
evidence of hippocampal sclerosis on standard temporal lobe protocol MRI. Objective: To …

Measures of hippocampal volumes, diffusion and 1H MRS metabolic abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy provide partially complementary information

E Düzel, J Kaufmann, S Guderian… - European Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We assessed whether interictal measures of hippocampal volume, hippocampal diffusion
and metabolic abnormalities yield correlated or complementary information about …

Postoperative recovery of hippocampal contralateral diffusivity in medial temporal lobe epilepsy

L Thivard, ML Tanguy, C Adam, S Clémenceau… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To search for a recovery after surgery of mean diffusivity (MD) values in the
contralateral nonsclerotic hippocampus of patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy …