Subtraction ictal SPET co-registered to MRI in partial epilepsy: Description and technical validation of the method with phantom and patient studies

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-46

  O'Brien T J ^a   O'Connor M K ^a   Mullan, B P ^a   Brinkmann, B H ^a   Hanson, D ^a   So, E L ^a   Jack, C R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERROR; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031931241     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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