Comparative Imaging of the Hippocampal Formation in Epilepsy Patients at 3 and 7 Tesla: Is There a Diagnostic Benefit in Ultra-High-Field MRI?
Recruiting
- Conditions
- G40.2Localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005649
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Diagnostik der Epilepsien gGmbH am Ev. Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria of MRI (pace makers, metal implants, large tattoos close to the head, claustrophobia, etc.)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Demonstration of hippocampal pathologies at 7 T taht weren't detectable at 3 T
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of normal distribution of quantitative MRI-values for healthy controls and epilepsy patients