Keywords: Diffusion Analysis & Visualization, Epilepsy
Motivation: Brain surgery is the most effective treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy, as children with ongoing seizures often have poor outcomes. New non-invasive imaging methods are needed to enhance the detection of subtle lesions thought to occur in 33% of these children.
Goal(s): We implemented a clinically feasible diffusion MRI protocol to characterise cortical microstructure in children with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Approach: We applied biophysical modelling and compared the microstructure of dysplastic cortex with normal appearing cortex.
Results: Our observations of higher apparent soma radius in areas of dysplastic cortex was consistent with the expected pathology of enlarged dysmorphic neurons in type-II focal cortical dysplasia (FCD).
Impact: Our findings highlight the utility of a new imaging marker, the apparent soma radius, in characterising FCD. By combining this measure into clinical work-ups we can increase confidence in radiological diagnoses of subtle FCDs and in turn assess surgical candidacy.
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