Implementation of a 7T Epilepsy Task Force consensus imaging protocol for routine presurgical epilepsy work-up: effect on diagnostic yield and lesion delineation.
Gilbert J HangelGregor KasprianStefanie ChambersLukas HaiderPhilipp LazenJohannes KorenRobert DiehmKatharina MoserMatthias TomschikJonathan WaisFabian WinterVitalij ZeiserStephan GruberSusanne Aull-WatschingerTatjana Traub-WeidingerChristoph BaumgartnerMartha FeuchtChristian DorferWolfgang BognerSiegfried TrattnigEkaterina PataraiaKarl RoesslerPublished in: Journal of neurology (2023)
The diagnostic yield was beneficial, but with 19% new 7 T over 3 T findings, not major. Our evaluation revealed epilepsy outcomes worse than ILAE Class 1 in two out of the four operated cases with new 7 T findings.