Comparison of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Language Localization and Intracarotid Speech Amytal Testing in Presurgical Evaluation for Intractable Epilepsy
Worthington C, Vincent D, Bryant A, Roberts D, Vera C, Ross D, George M. Comparison of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Language Localization and Intracarotid Speech Amytal Testing in Presurgical Evaluation for Intractable Epilepsy. Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery 1997, 69: 197-201. PMID: 9711754, DOI: 10.1159/000099874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmytal testingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPresurgical evaluationIntractable epilepsyIntracarotid sodium amytal testingResonance imagingLevel-dependent functional magnetic resonance imagingVerbal fluency taskSodium amytal testingFluency taskPoor concordancePatientsLanguage localizationScan acquisitionEpilepsyImagingPotential reasonsTesting