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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurg Rev. 2016 May 21;40(2):181–194. doi: 10.1007/s10143-016-0725-8

Figure 1. Stereotactic laser ablation (SLA) for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Figure 1

A–C) Shown are T1-weighted MRI axial (A), sagittal (B), and coronal (C) images showing during laser probe placement along the axis of the left hippocampus, prior to SLA in a patient with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. D–F) Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MRI axial (D), sagittal (E), and coronal (F) images obtained approximately 5–10 minutes after thermal ablation of mesial temporal lobe structures, with contrast enhancement seen in the region of ablation. Lesioning is performed with real-time MRI thermal measurements. A: anterior; L: left; P: posterior; R: right.