Motivation: Epilepsy can be imaged at 3T utilizing typical imaging sequences, but improved quality and resolution can be achieved using 7T, enabling better detection of lesions and subsequently better chances of a successful treatment outcomes.
Goal(s): Provide higher quality images for patients with epilepsy on 7T.
Approach: 146 patients were evaluated for epilepsy using 7T MRI. Among these, 117 patients also had prior 3T MRI for comparison.
Results: Combining 3T and 7T MRI has demonstrated promise in improving the diagnostic and surgical decision-making process for epilepsy patients for our neurologists and neurosurgeons.
Impact: In conjunction with 3T imaging, our findings at 7T consistently detect a greater number of lesions in epilepsy patients, resulting in greater confidence in localizing and characterizing lesions that were questionable or not identified at 3T.
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