Therapeutic management of patients with epilepsy is often challenging, particularly in those who are pharmacoresistant. In these patients, the only option to control seizures is elective surgery. Optimization of MRI acquisition sequences might mean early identification of patients, thereby speeding up surgical intervention.
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Bernasconi, N., Bernasconi, A. Imaging the epileptic brain—time for new standards. Nat Rev Neurol 10, 133–134 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2013.280
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