Value of Ultra High field MRI for lesion detection in patients with suspected focal epilepsy and negative 3T MRI

Akademisches Krankenhaus Maastricht0 个研究点目标入组 20 人开始时间: 2021年10月6日最近更新: 2024年8月19日

适应症

试验速览

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•Patients in the age of > 18 years
•Drug-resistant focal epilepsy: the treatment with at least two anti-epileptic drugs did not lead to seizure control.
•Work-up for epilepsy surgery
•Clear suspicion on the focal onset of the epilepsy
•Absent explanatory abnormalities on conventional 3T MRI
•Informed consent signed

•Patients with incapacitated to sign informed consent or if a courtly appointed caretaker or a representative with health care proxy is not willing to give informed consent
•Mentally incompetent individuals
•Patients and/or legal representative is mentally retarded (IQ <70)
•Women who are pregnant at the time of study participation (an urine- pregnancy test will be conducted before examination)
•Patients in the age of < 18 years
•Claustrophobia
•Pacemaker, neurostimulator, insulin pump or other pump
•Aneurysm clips in cerebro
•Metal particles in the head (incl. eye)
•Hearing prostheses (not all types)
•Tattoos above diaphragm
•Artificial heart valves
•Joint protheses
•Overweight (surgery with standard operating table up to 175kg, or obesity making MR1-scanning impossible due to size).
•Other body implants that are not proven safe at 7 or 9.4 Tesla MRI

发起方

Akademisches Krankenhaus Maastricht