Estimation of resection volumes in lesional epilepsy surgery

N D Kitchen; M J Cook; S D Shorvon; D R Fish; J M Stevens; D G Thomas

Estimation of resection volumes in lesional epilepsy surgery

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 Jan;16(1):208-10.

Authors

N D Kitchen¹, M J Cook, S D Shorvon, D R Fish, J M Stevens, D G Thomas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

PMID: 7900595
PMCID: PMC8337685

Abstract

An MR-based method for measuring resection volumes in lesional epilepsy surgery is described. The volume of the preoperative lesion, the resection cavity and, as a result, the volume of the brain surrounding the lesion resected during surgery have been calculated in 13 patients.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Brain / pathology*
Brain / surgery*
Brain Neoplasms / complications
Brain Neoplasms / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
Epilepsy / etiology
Epilepsy / surgery*
Female
Glioma / complications
Glioma / pathology
Glioma / surgery
Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications
Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology
Hemangioma, Cavernous / surgery
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / complications
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / pathology
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / surgery