Impact of an optimized epilepsy surgery imaging protocol for focal epilepsy: a monocentric prospective study.

Anna Elisabetta Vaudano Alice BalleriniFrancesca ZucchiniElisa MicalizziSimona ScolasticoFrancesca TalamiGiada GiovanniniMatteo PugnaghiNiccolò OrlandiNiccolò BiagioliMaria Cristina CiocluStefano ValloneMaurilio GenoveseAlessandra TodeschiniFrancesca CavalleriMarcella MalagoliStefano Meletti

Published in: Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape (2023)

The adoption of a standardized and optimized MRI acquisition protocol together with adequate clinical information contribute to identify a higher number of potentially epileptogenic lesions (especially FCD) thus impacting concretely on the clinical management of patients with focal epilepsy.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
minimally invasive
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
coronary artery bypass
contrast enhanced
electronic health record
computed tomography
health information
surgical site infection
mass spectrometry
fluorescence imaging
photodynamic therapy