Preparing for a doctor’s visit helps you to get the best care possible for you or your loved one. Below you will find some information about temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), including some helpful information on discussing NeuroQuant with your physician.
Physicians use several evaluation tools to support a diagnosis of TLE. The first is an electroencephalogram (EEG). The EEG identifies abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which forms the basis of a seizure diagnosis. In addition, having a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of your brain is a critical part of the diagnostic work up. The NeuroQuant analysis is part of a physician prescribed MRI procedure.
NeuroQuant is a FDA cleared device that helps physicians detect and measure potential size differences in right and left hemisphere brain structures. Physicians use NeuroQuant to assist with the clinical evaluation of TLE, which is often associated with shrinkage to a specific brain structure called the hippocampus.
NeuroQuant uses the images from the MRI scan to measure the volume of the right and left hippocampi and also calculates a size difference (i.e., an asymmetry score) between these structures. A NeuroQuant report (see sample below) is then sent directly to your physician.
