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Automated Segmentation of Post-Surgical Resection Cavities on MRI in Focal Epilepsy: a MELD Study

2026-02-27 neurology Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveQuantitative assessment of extent of tissue resection following epilepsy surgery requires accurate delineation of the resection cavity on postoperative MRI. Current methods for resection cavity masking are time-consuming and labour-intensive, while existing automated approaches exhibit variable segmentation accuracy, particularly on extra-temporal resections. We developed MELD-PostOp, a deep learning tool trained and evaluated on a large, international, heterogeneous cohort to automatic...

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