Estimation of resection volumes in lesional epilepsy surgery.

N D Kitchen; M J Cook; S D Shorvon; D R Fish; J M Stevens; D G Thomas

American Journal of Neuroradiology

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Abstract

An MR-based method for measuring resection volumes in lesional epilepsy surgery is described. The volume of the preoperative lesion, the resection cavity and, as a result, the volume of the brain surrounding the lesion resected during surgery have been calculated in 13 patients.