Hippocampal T2 relaxometry in epilepsy: past, present, and future.

CR Jack Jr - AJNR: American Journal of Neuroradiology, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) is the most common known pathologic substrate of
epilepsy. Accurate preoperative identification of unilateral MTS by magnetic resonance (MR) …

Measurement of temporal lobe T2 relaxation times using a routine diagnostic MR imaging protocol in epilepsy

M Okujava, R Schulz, A Ebner, FG Woermann - Epilepsy research, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: To determine the applicability of a fast spin-echo (FSE) pulse sequence for T2
relaxation time measurements in diagnostic imaging of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and in …

MR detection of hippocampal disease in epilepsy: factors influencing T2 relaxation time.

RA Grünewald, GD Jackson… - American journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To assess the reproducibility and stability of hippocampal T2 relaxation times
and examine the effects of patients' age, seizures, and duration of epilepsy on this measure …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative MR for epilepsy: a clinical and research tool?

RA Bronen, AW Anderson… - … : American Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
An explosion in the use of quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) for the investigation of
epilepsy has taken place during the last 5 years. Assessment of structural brain changes …

Detection of hippocampal pathology in intractable partial epilepsy: Increased sensitivity with quantitative magnetic resonance T2 relaxometry

GD Jackson, A Connelly, JS Duncan, RA Grunewald… - Neurology, 1993 - AAN Enterprises
Abnormal T2-weighted signal intensity in the hippocampus may be difficult to detect visually,
and T2 mapping provides an objective means of assessing signal abnormality. We …

Quantitative hippocampal MRI and intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

WV Paesschen, S Sisodiya, A Connelly, JS Duncan… - Neurology, 1995 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To evaluate and compare T2 relaxometry and volumetrics of hippocampus in the
presurgical evaluation of patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and to …

T2 relaxometry can lateralize mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in patients with normal MRI

A Bernasconi, N Bernasconi, Z Caramanos… - Neuroimage, 2000 - Elsevier
In unselected patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), approximately 15% do
not have detectable hippocampal atrophy on MRI. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

T2 relaxometry improves detection of non-sclerotic epileptogenic hippocampus

S Sato, M Iwasaki, H Suzuki, S Mugikura, K Jin… - Epilepsy Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Object The use of T2 relaxometry was investigated to detect non-sclerotic epileptogenic
abnormality of the hippocampus in presurgical evaluation of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) …

MRI and epilepsy surgery

SS Spencer - Neurology, 1995 - AAN Enterprises
Two articles in this issue1S2 address the application of newer MRI techniques to epilepsy.
These are the most recent of many publications that report the utility of MRI in the …

Prognostic value of qualitative magnetic resonance imaging hippocampal abnormalities in patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for medically refractory seizures

PA Garcia, KD Laxer, NM Barbaro, WP Dillon - Epilepsia, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), high‐resolution, magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) frequently demonstrates hippocampal atrophy and increased hippocampal signal. To …