Table 1. Minimal requirements for magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in epilepsy of structural origin (DGN).
Weighting | Plane | Orientation |
---|---|---|
T1 | sagittal | standard |
T1 | coronal | standard* |
T2-TSE | axial | standard |
T2-TSE | coronal | temporally angled* |
FLAIR | axial-coronal | standard* |
*The authors consider temporal angulation to be preferable for these sequences as well.
DGN, German Neurological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie).