Diagnostic Accuracy of Epilepsy-dedicated MRI with Post-processing.

Horst UrbachChristian ScheiweMuskesh J ShahJulia M NakagawaMarcel HeersMaria Victoria San Antonio-ArceDirk-Matthias AltenmuellerAndreas Schulze-BonhageHans-Juergen HuppertzTheo DemerathSoroush Doostkam

Published in: Clinical neuroradiology (2023)

The proposed MRI protocol is highly accurate. No hippocampal sclerosis/gliosis only lesions are typically MRI negative. Small MRI positive FCD can be histopathologically missed, most likely due to sampling errors resulting from insufficient harvesting of tissue.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging

randomized controlled trial
computed tomography
magnetic resonance

emergency department
patient safety
brain injury

blood brain barrier
quality improvement
electronic health record