title: MRI in focal lesions.
abstract: The advent of modern, high resolution MRI and post-processing techniques allows the identification of the underlying structural abnormalities in most (> 80%) patients with partial epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation. This information is crucially important for case selection, and the prediction of post-operative seizure control. In consequence, the whole agenda of pre-operative assessment should change, with increasing emphasis on high quality neuroimaging.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology, London, England.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fish
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging