Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of epilepsy-dedicated 3 Tesla MRI including post-processing by correlating MRI, histopathology, and postsurgical seizure outcomes.
Methods: 3 Tesla-MRI including a magnetization-prepared two rapid acquisition gradient echo (MP2RAGE) sequence for post-processing using the morphometric analysis program MAP was acquired in 116 consecutive patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy undergoing resection surgery. The MRI, histopathology reports and postsurgical seizure outcomes were recorded from the patient's charts.