7T MR spectroscopic imaging in the localization of surgical epilepsy

With the success that surgical approaches can provide for localization‐related epilepsy, accurate seizure localization remains important. Although magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy has had success in earlier studies in medial temporal lobe epilepsy, there have been fewer studies evaluating its use in a broader range of localization‐related epilepsy. With improvements in signal‐to‐noise with ultra‐high field MR, we report on the use of high resolution 7T MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) in 25 surgically treated patients studied over a 3.5‐year period.

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