Voxel‐based morphometric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) postprocessing in MRI‐negative epilepsies

In the presurgical workup of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)‐negative (MRI− or “nonlesional”) pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy (PFE) patients, discovering a previously undetected lesion can drastically change the evaluation and likely improve surgical outcome. Our study utilizes a voxel‐based MRI postprocessing technique, implemented in a morphometric analysis program (MAP), to facilitate detection of subtle abnormalities in a consecutive cohort of MRI− surgical candidates.

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