1Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010050, China
2Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, China

Abstract 

Epilepsy is a disease characterized by abnormal spontaneous activity in the brain. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) is a powerful technique for exploring this activity. With good spatial and temporal resolution, RS-fMRI is a promising approach for accurate localization of the focus of seizure activity. Although simultaneous electroencephalogram-fMRI has been performed with patients in the resting state, most studies focused on activation. This mini-review focuses on RS-fMRI alone, including its computational methods and its application to epilepsy.

Keywords

resting-state fMRI; epilepsy; localization; network

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