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The Role of Diffusion Weighted and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Epilepsy

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Epilepsy Surgery and Intrinsic Brain Tumor Surgery

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Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder characterized by unpredictable, recurrent, unprovoked seizures. It is the fourth most common neurologic disorder and affects people of all ages. A substantial number of epilepsies are well controlled with the administration of suitable antiepileptic medication. However, approximately 20–30% of epilepsy cases can be medically intractable, and hence there is an increasing interest in surgical approaches for seizure abolition [1]. It follows that accurate lateralization and localization of the epileptogenic focus are significant prerequisites for determining surgical candidacy once the patient has been deemed medically intractable.

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Tsivaka, D., Svolos, P., Kapsalaki, E.Z., Tsougos, I. (2019). The Role of Diffusion Weighted and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Epilepsy. In: Fountas, K., Kapsalaki, E. (eds) Epilepsy Surgery and Intrinsic Brain Tumor Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95918-4_2

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