Publications by authors named "Hani Alhourani"
Objective: Abnormalities of brain structures and neuronal networks have been identified in MRI studies of patients with Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) as well as in those at elevated risk. The goal of this study was to identify common patterns of objectively detected brain glucose metabolic abnormalities associated with SUDEP patients and those at high SUDEP risk.
Methods: Patients with refractory epilepsy (n = 78, age: 16-61 years, 44 females), who underwent comprehensive presurgical evaluation, were assessed for their risk of SUDEP using the revised SUDEP-7 inventory.
Background And Objectives: The impact of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on surgical outcome, mostly in patients with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent hepatectomy.
Methods: A propensity score matching analysis was conducted. Patients were categorized into two groups MetS-related hepatocellular carcinoma (MetS-HCC) and 1:1 matched non-MetS-related HCC (non-MetS-HCC).
Background: Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) combines phase with magnitude information to better image sub-voxel veins. Recently, it has been extended to image very small sub-voxel arteries and veins by injecting intravenously the ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide, Ferumoxytol.
Objective: To determine practical experimental imaging parameters for sub-voxel cerebral vessels at 7 T.