Abstract #3244

Voxel Based Analysis of 3D Double Inversion Recovery for the Detection of Cortical Abnormalities in Drug Resistant Epilepsy

Elise Bannier¹,², Camille Maumet¹,², Anca Pasnicu³, Jean-Christophe Ferr,²⁴, Eduardo Pasqualini⁵, Arnaud Biraben⁶, Jean-Yves Gauvrit,²⁴

¹Neurinfo MR imaging platform, University of Rennes, Rennes, France; ²INRIA, VisAGeS Project-Team, Rennes, France; ³CHU Rennes, Fuctionnal Explorations Department, Rennes, France; ⁴CHU Rennes, Neuroradiology Department, Rennes, France; ⁵CHU Rennes, Neurosurgery Department, Rennes, France; ⁶CHU Rennes, Neurology Department, Rennes, France; ⁷INSERM, U746, Rennes, France

In this study we propose to evaluate, at 3T, using voxel based analysis the ability of 9-minute Double Inversion Recovery to detect cortical and juxtacortical lesions in drug resistant epileptic patients.