Reply: Computer models to inform epilepsy surgery strategies: prediction of postoperative outcome

Nishant Sinha^{1

2}, Justin Dauwels³, Marcus Kaiser^{1

2}, Sydney S Cash⁴, M Brandon Westover⁴, Yujiang Wang¹, Peter N Taylor^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ ICOS, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK.
² Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK.
³ School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK.

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Nishant Sinha et al. Brain. 2017.

. 2017 May 1;140(5):e31.

doi: 10.1093/brain/awx068.

Nishant Sinha^{1

2}, Justin Dauwels³, Marcus Kaiser^{1

2}, Sydney S Cash⁴, M Brandon Westover⁴, Yujiang Wang¹, Peter N Taylor^{1

2

5}

¹ ICOS, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK.
² Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK.
³ School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK.

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Predicting neurosurgical outcomes in focal epilepsy patients using computational modelling.
Sinha N, Dauwels J, Kaiser M, Cash SS, Brandon Westover M, Wang Y, Taylor PN. Sinha N, et al. Brain. 2017 Feb;140(2):319-332. doi: 10.1093/brain/aww299. Epub 2016 Dec 23. Brain. 2017. PMID: 28011454 Free PMC article.
Computer models to inform epilepsy surgery strategies: prediction of postoperative outcome.
Goodfellow M, Rummel C, Abela E, Richardson MP, Schindler K, Terry JR. Goodfellow M, et al. Brain. 2017 May 1;140(5):e30. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx067. Brain. 2017. PMID: 28334981 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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