ArticleActa neurologica Belgica2016
Detection superiority of 7 T MRI protocol in patients with epilepsy and suspected focal cortical dysplasia.
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- Utility of 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging in human epilepsy: A systematic review.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2021Pooled it
- Enhanced detection of subtle cortical abnormalities in focal epilepsy using 7 T MRI surface-based models and graph neural networks.Neuroradiology · 2026Article
- Voxel-based and surface-based cortical morphometric MRI applications for identifying the epileptogenic zone: A narrative review.Epilepsia open · 2025Review
- Clinical 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging: Impact and patient value in neurological disorders.Journal of internal medicine · 2025Review
- MRI-based radiomics model for differentiating focal cortical dysplasia from dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor in epileptic children.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Quantitative brain volumetry in neurological disorders: from disease mechanisms to software solutions.Polish journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Implementation of a 7T Epilepsy Task Force consensus imaging protocol for routine presurgical epilepsy work-up: effect on diagnostic yield and lesion delineation.Journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Use of a Commercial 7-T MRI Scanner for Clinical Brain Imaging: Indications, Protocols, Challenges, and Solutions-A Single-Center Experience.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2023Article
- UltraHigh Field MR Imaging in Epilepsy.Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America · 2021Review
- Radiological and Clinical Value of 7T MRI for Evaluating 3T-Visible Lesions in Pharmacoresistant Focal Epilepsies.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- 7T MRI with post-processing for the presurgical evaluation of pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2021Article
- Value of 7T MRI and post-processing in patients with nonlesional 3T MRI undergoing epilepsy presurgical evaluation.Epilepsia · 2020Article
- Emerging Use of Ultra-High-Field 7T MRI in the Study of Intracranial Vascularity: State of the Field and Future Directions.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2020Review
- Ultra-High-Field Targeted Imaging of Focal Cortical Dysplasia: The Intracortical Black Line Sign in Type IIb.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2019Article
- 7T MRI in epilepsy patients with previously normal clinical MRI exams compared against healthy controls.PloS one · 2019Article
- Seven tesla MRI improves detection of focal cortical dysplasia in patients with refractory focal epilepsy.Epilepsia open · 2017Article
- Clinical characteristics and epilepsy outcomes following surgery caused by focal cortical dysplasia (type IIa) in 110 adult epileptic patients.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
In 11 adult patients with suspicion of Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) on 1.5 T (n = 1) or 3 T (n = 10) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 7 T MRI was performed. Visibility, extent, morphological features and delineation were independently rated and subsequently discussed by three observers. Additionally, head-to-head comparisons with corresponding 3 T images were made in the eight patients with a previous 3 T MRI and sustained suspicion of FCD. Comparison with histopathology was done in the five patients that underwent surgery. All lesions, seen at 1.5 and 3 T, were also recognized on 7 T. At 7 T FLAIR highlighted the FCD-like lesions best, whereas T2 and T2* were deemed better suited to review structure and extent of the lesion. Image quality with the used 7 T MRI setup was higher than the quality with the used 3 T MRI setup. In 2 out of 11 patients diagnosis changed, in one after re-evaluation of the images, and in the other based on histopathology. With the used 7 T MRI setup, FCD-like lesions can be detected with more confidence and detail as compared to lower field strength. However, concordance between radiologic diagnosis and final diagnosis seems to be lower than expected.
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