Diagnostic, treatment, and surgical imaging in epilepsy.
Dedicated epilepsy centers are growing in hospitals throughout the USA and abroad, with a continuously increasing role of imaging in multidisciplinary meetings. Imaging is paramount in diagnosis, treatment, and surgical decision-making in lesional and nonlesional epileptic disease. Besides being up-to-date with technical developments in imaging that may make an impact in patient care, familiarity with clinical and surgical aspects of epilepsy is fundamental to better understanding of patient management. The present article intends to revisit diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical imaging in epilepsy. Finally, with the increase in frequency of epilepsy management-related procedures and their hardware, MRI safety issues are discussed.
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. Electronic address: lidia.nagae@ucdenver.edu.
Lidia Mayumi
LM
Nagae
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
Neil
N
Lall
Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Hisham
H
Dahmoush
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
Eric
E
Nyberg
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
David
D
Mirsky
Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Section, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
Cornelia
C
Drees
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
Justin M
JM
Honce
D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods
Epilepsy; Imaging; MRI safety; Surgical management