Novel MRI approaches to map focal cortical dysplasia in focal epilepsy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1104933

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a common cause of focal epilepsy that is resistant to medication. When it can be identified clearly, surgical removal can cure the epilepsy but better methods of detecting and mapping FCD are required because standard imaging techniques are negative in 30% of patients. In this project, we plan to develop new MRI methods to diagnose FCD, thereby creating a new MRI-based diagnostic tool for patients with focal epilepsy who are potential surgical candidates.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $465,489.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cortical development | epilepsy | epilepsy surgery | magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | medical physics

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