title: Oblique proton chemical shift imaging for the presurgical localization of mesial temporal epilepsy.
abstract: Precise localization of the epileptogenic zone in patients suffering from mesial temporal lobe epilepsies is a prerequisite for surgery. For this purpose, a scheme for selecting the volume of interest in an oblique plane covering the head, body, and tail of the hippocampal formation (HF) was implemented in a water-suppressed proton chemical shift imaging (CSI) acquisition. This approach, evaluated by consecutively acquired CSI spectra of both temporal lobes, demonstrates that it can potentially be a routine technique for clinical diagnosis. Since the method produces localized spectral detail of the HF, it facilitates a convenient comparison of CSI lateralization to that assessed by HF atrophy (due to sclerosis) using the MRI-volumetry technique.
authors.affiliation: MR Research Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majors
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modic
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kolem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011522:Protons; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011522:Protons