title: Magnetic resonance imaging of epilepsy at 3 Tesla.
abstract: Patients with epilepsy often have a structural cause for their seizures and may benefit from surgical resection. As recommended in the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to screen for structural abnormalities in these patients and there is increasing evidence that 3T MRI has better sensitivity and specificity than 1.5T. This article reviews the imaging findings of many of the common diseases that can cause epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. ian.craven@sth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Craven
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoggard
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity