Potential role of MELD and MAP18 in patients with structural temporal lobe epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study compared two image post-processing toolboxes primarily designed for focal cortical dysplasia (FCD): Multi-Centre Epilepsy Lesion Detection (MELD) and Morphometric Analysis Program (MAP18), in identifying temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) structural lesions on MRI.

Methods

This retrospective study examined 79 adults, 58 patients with confirmed TLE, and 21 healthy controls. All participants underwent an elective brain MRI between June 2007 - May 2023 at Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. All the 3D T1-weighted images were processed using MELD and MAP18 to detect potential epileptogenic lesions. The location (lateral or mesial) and laterality of the reference TLE structural lesion (refTLE) were determined through histopathology or multidisciplinary consensus based

SUBMITTER: De Luca F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12041102 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature