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  1. Tailored multilobar disconnective epilepsy surgery in the posterior quadrant

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, May 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  2. Musicogenic epilepsy: A Stereo-electroencephalography study

    Article • Cortex, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  3. Stereoelectroencephalography: retrospective analysis of 742 procedures in a single centre

    Article • Brain, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  4. Clinical features of sleep‐related hypermotor epilepsy in relation to the seizure‐onset zone: A review of 135 surgically treated cases

    Article • Epilepsia, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  5. Stereotactic electroencephalography in humans reveals multisensory signal in early visual and auditory cortices

    Article • February 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  6. Experience-based SEEG planning: from retrospective data to automated electrode trajectories suggestions

    Article • Healthcare Technology Letters, August 2018, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  7. Motor and emotional behaviours elicited by electrical stimulation of the human cingulate cortex

    Article • Brain, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  8. Surgery in patients with childhood-onset epilepsy: analysis of complications and predictive risk factors for a severely complicated course

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, August 2018, BMJ

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  9. An image registration protocol to integrate electrophysiology, MRI and neuropathology data in epileptic patients explored with intracerebral electrodes

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Methods, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  10. Unruptured Versus Ruptured AVMs: Outcome Analysis from a Multicentric Consecutive Series of 545 Surgically Treated Cases

    Article • World Neurosurgery, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  11. Kurtosis-Based Detection of Intracranial High-Frequency Oscillations for the Identification of the Seizure Onset Zone

    Article • International Journal of Neural Systems, January 2018, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  12. Abstracts

    Article • Epilepsia, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  13. Commentary: Understanding Stereoelectroencephalography: What's Next?

    Article • Neurosurgery, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  14. Increasing volume and complexity of pediatric epilepsy surgery with stable seizure outcome between 2008 and 2014: A nationwide multicenter study

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  15. Stereo-EEG: Diagnostic and therapeutic tool for periventricular nodular heterotopia epilepsies

    Article • Epilepsia, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  16. Epilepsy surgery of “low grade epilepsy associated neuroepithelial tumors”: A retrospective nationwide Italian study

    Article • Epilepsia, August 2017, Wiley

    Guido Rubboli, Dr Francesco Cardinale, Dr Gianluca Marucci

  17. Epilepsy surgery in patients older than 50 years: Effectiveness, safety, and predictors of outcome

    Article • Seizure, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  18. Retrospective evaluation and SEEG trajectory analysis for interactive multi-trajectory planner assistant

    Article • International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  19. Stereotactic accuracy must be as high as possible in stereoelectroencephalography procedures

    Article • Journal of Robotic Surgery, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  20. A new tool for touch-free patient registration for robot-assisted intracranial surgery: application accuracy from a phantom study and a retrospective surgical series

    Article • Neurosurgical FOCUS, May 2017, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  21. Surgical outcomes in two different age groups with Focal Cortical Dysplasia type II: Any real difference?

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  22. Stereo-EEG-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulations

    Article • Epilepsia, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  23. Safe electrode trajectory planning in SEEG via MIP-based vessel segmentation

    Article • March 2017, SPIE

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  24. The introduction of capillary structures in 4D simulated vascular tree for ART 3.5D algorithm further validation

    Article • March 2017, SPIE

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  25. SEEG assistant: a 3DSlicer extension to support epilepsy surgery

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  26. Letter to the Editor: Stereoelectroencephalography for insular-opercular/perisylvian epilepsy

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, February 2017, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  27. FCD Type II and mTOR pathway: Evidence for different mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of dysmorphic neurons

    Article • Epilepsy Research, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  28. Implantation of Stereoelectroencephalography Electrodes

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, December 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  29. ART 3.5D: an algorithm to label arteries and veins from three-dimensional angiography

    Article • Journal of Medical Imaging, November 2016, SPIE

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  30. Unilobar surgery for symptomatic epileptic spasms

    Article • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  31. Epilepsy surgery in the posterior part of the brain

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  32. SUrface-PRojected FLuid-Attenuation-Inversion-Recovery Analysis: A Novel Tool for Advanced Imaging of Epilepsy

    Article • World Neurosurgery, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  33. Surgical treatment of polymicrogyria-related epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  34. Stereoelectroencephalography: Application Accuracy, Efficacy, and Safety

    Article • World Neurosurgery, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  35. Different parvalbumin and GABA expression in human epileptogenic focal cortical dysplasia

    Article • Epilepsia, May 2016, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  36. Technique, Results, and Complications Related to Robot-Assisted Stereoelectroencephalography

    Article • Neurosurgery, February 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  37. SEEG, Happy Anniversary!

    Article • World Neurosurgery, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  38. Hand–tool–tissue interaction forces in neurosurgery for haptic rendering

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  39. Reply: The dorsal cingulate cortex as a critical gateway in the network supporting conscious awareness

    Article • Brain, December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  40. Short- and long-term surgical outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis: Relationships with neuropathology

    Article • Epilepsia, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  41. Stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation in the epileptogenic zone: a retrospective study on 89 cases

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, December 2015, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Massimo Cossu, Dr Francesco Cardinale

  42. Type II focal cortical dysplasia: Ex vivo 7T magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities and histopathological comparisons

    Article • Annals of Neurology, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  43. Mirth and laughter elicited by electrical stimulation of the human anterior cingulate cortex

    Article • Cortex, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  44. Risk factors for postoperative depression: A retrospective analysis of 248 subjects operated on for drug-resistant epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  45. Cerebral Angiography for Multimodal Surgical Planning in Epilepsy Surgery: Description of a New Three-Dimensional Technique and Literature Review

    Article • World Neurosurgery, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  46. Fast Activity Evoked by Intracranial 50 Hz Electrical Stimulation as a Marker of the Epileptogenic Zone

    Article • International Journal of Neural Systems, August 2015, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  47. A method for the assessment of time-varying brain shift during navigated epilepsy surgery

    Article • International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  48. Multimodal responses induced by cortical stimulation of the parietal lobe: a stereo-electroencephalography study

    Article • Brain, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  49. Talairach methodology in the era of 3D multimodal imaging: “The song remains the same,” but catchier, and therefore more helpful for clinical decision making and surgical planning in epilepsy surgery

    Article • Epilepsia, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  50. Automatic segmentation of deep intracerebral electrodes in computed tomography scans

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  51. Drug-resistant parietal epilepsy: polymorphic ictal semiology does not preclude good post-surgical outcome

    Article • Epileptic Disorders, March 2015, John Libbey Eurotext

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  52. Letter to the Editor: SEEG has the lowest rate of complications

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, February 2015, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Massimo Cossu, Dr Francesco Cardinale

  53. Stereotactic Robotic Application Accuracy Is Very High in 'in vivo' Procedures

    Article • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, January 2015, Karger Publishers

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  54. The 3-Dimensional Grid

    Article • Neurosurgery, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  55. Improved Localization of Implanted Subdural Electrode Contacts on Magnetic Resonance Imaging With an Elastic Image Fusion Algorithm in an Invasive Electroencephalography Recording

    Article • Neurosurgery, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  56. Tailored Unilobar and Multilobar Resections for Orbitofrontal-Plus Epilepsy

    Article • Neurosurgery, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale, Dr Demitre Serletis, Dr. Demitre Serletis

  57. Drug-resistant focal sleep related epilepsy: Results and predictors of surgical outcome

    Article • Epilepsy Research, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale, Dr Giacomo Della Marca

  58. Robot-Assisted Stereotactic Laser Ablation in Medically Intractable Epilepsy

    Article • Neurosurgery, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  59. Validation of FreeSurfer-Estimated Brain Cortical Thickness: Comparison with Histologic Measurements

    Article • Neuroinformatics, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  60. Multi-trajectories automatic planner for StereoElectroEncephaloGraphy (SEEG)

    Article • International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  61. Layer-specific gene expression in epileptogenic type II focal cortical dysplasia: normal-looking neurons reveal the presence of a hidden laminar organization

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica Communications, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  62. Stimulus-evoked potentials contribute to map the epileptogenic zone during stereo-EEG presurgical monitoring

    Article • Human Brain Mapping, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  63. Biomarkers of epileptogenic zone defined by quantified stereo‐EEG analysis

    Article • Epilepsia, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  64. Stereo-electroencephalography safety and effectiveness: Some more reasons in favor of epilepsy surgery

    Article • Epilepsia, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  65. Stereo-EEG-guided radio-frequency thermocoagulations of epileptogenic grey-matter nodular heterotopy

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, July 2013, BMJ

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  66. Automatic Trajectory Planner for StereoElectroEncephaloGraphy Procedures: A Retrospective Study

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, April 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  67. Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy in children: relevance of presurgical evaluation and analysis of outcome

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, March 2013, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Massimo Cossu, Dr Francesco Cardinale, Lino Nobili

  68. Stereoelectroencephalography

    Article • Neurosurgery, March 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  69. Focal cortical dysplasia type IIa and IIb: MRI aspects in 118 cases proven by histopathology

    Article • Neuroradiology, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  70. Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of focal epilepsy in infancy and early childhood

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, March 2012, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Massimo Cossu, Dr Francesco Cardinale, Lino Nobili

  71. Multilobar Resection and Hemispherectomy in Epilepsy Surgery

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  72. Dissociated wake-like and sleep-like electro-cortical activity during sleep

    Article • NeuroImage, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Fabrizio De Carli, Dr Francesco Cardinale, PhD Luigi De Gennaro

  73. Insular-opercular seizures manifesting with sleep-related paroxysmal motor behaviors: A stereo-EEG study

    Article • Epilepsia, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  74. Risk factors for postoperative depression in 150 subjects treated for drug-resistant focal epilepsy

    Article • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, March 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  75. Identification of reproducible ictal patterns based on quantified frequency analysis of intracranial EEG signals

    Article • Epilepsia, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  76. Taylor’s focal cortical dysplasia increases the risk of sleep-related epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  77. Fibre tracking: probabilistic approach and preliminary results

    Article • Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering, January 2009, De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o.

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  78. Coupling of minor motor events and epileptiform discharges with arousal fluctuations in NFLE

    Article • Epilepsia, April 2008, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  79. Epilepsy Surgery in Children: Results and Predictors of Outcome on Seizures

    Article • Epilepsia, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  80. Clinical Ictal Symptomatology and Anatomical Lesions: Their Relationships in Severe Partial Epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, November 2007, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  81. Letter To The Editor: “Letter to the Editor”

    Article • The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, March 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  82. Sleep-related Minor Motor Events in Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  83. Surgical treatment of drug-resistant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Brain, February 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  84. Stereo-EEG in children

    Article • Child s Nervous System, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  85. Intracerebral recordings of minor motor events, paroxysmal arousals and major seizures in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Neurological Sciences, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  86. Sleep-related hyperkinetic seizures: always a frontal onset?

    Article • Neurological Sciences, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  87. Negative myoclonus induced by cortical electrical stimulation in epileptic patients

    Article • Brain, November 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  88. Stereoelectroencephalography in the Presurgical Evaluation of Focal Epilepsy: A Retrospective Analysis of 215 Procedures

    Article • Neurosurgery, October 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  89. Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, October 2005, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  90. Stereoelectroencephalography in the Presurgical Evaluation of Focal Epilepsy: A Retrospective Analysis of 215 Procedures

    Article • Neurosurgery, October 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  91. Surgery for drug resistant partial epilepsy in children with focal cortical dysplasia: anatomical-clinical correlations and neurophysiological data in 10 patients

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2003, BMJ

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  92. Family study of epilepsy in first degree relatives: data from the Italian Episcreen Study

    Article • Seizure, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Cardinale

  93. Presurgical strategies and epilepsy surgery in children: comparison of literature and personal experiences

    Article • Child s Nervous System, April 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Cardinale