Magnetic Resonance in Epilepsy

This volume defines and demonstrates the role of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the evaluation and management of patients with epilepsy. The book provides neurologists, neurosurgeons, and radiologists with the detailed information necessary to optimize the MR investigation of these patients and interpret and apply the findings obtained in MR studies. Profusely illustrated chapters highlight the essential features of brain anatomy seen on MR images and the brain abnormalities detected on MR images in lobar, hemispheric, and diffuse epilepsy disorders. Close attention is given to the role of MR imaging in epilepsy surgery, as well as in developmental disorders and epilepsy. The book also explores the applications of emerging MR techniques--MR spectroscopy, high-resolution MR imaging, and functional MR imaging--in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy.