Curvature analysis of perisylvian epilepsy.

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Article

Publication Title

Acta neurologica Belgica

Abstract

PURPOSE: We assess whether alterations in the convolutional anatomy of the deep perisylvian area (DPSA) might indicate focal epileptogenicity.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The DPSA of each hemisphere was segmented on MRI and a 3D gray-white matter interface (GWMI) geometrical model was constructed. Comparative visual and quantitative assessment of the convolutional anatomy of both the left and right DPSA models was performed. Both the density of thorn-like contours (peak percentage) and coarse interface curvatures was computed using Gaussian curvature and shape index, respectively. The proposed method was applied to a total of 14 subjects; 7 patients with an epileptogenic DPSA and 7 non-epileptic subjects.

RESULTS: A high peak percentage correlated well with the epileptogenic DPSA. It distinguished between patients and non-epileptic subjects (P = 0.029) and identified laterality of the epileptic focus in all but one case. A diminished regional curvature also identified epileptogenicity (P = 0.016) and, moreover, its laterality (P = 0.001).

CONCLUSION: An increased peak percentage from a global view of the GWMI of the DPSA provides some indication of a propensity toward a focal or regional DPSA epileptogenicity. A diminished convolutional anatomy (i.e., smoothing effect) appears also to coincide with the epileptogenic site in the DPSA and to distinguish laterality.

First Page

2303

Last Page

2313

DOI

10.1007/s13760-023-02238-6

Publication Date

12-1-2023

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