Reproducibility of serial peri-ictal single-photon emission tomography difference images in epilepsy patients undergoing surgical resection

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-55

  Avery, Robert A ^a   Spencer, Susan S ^a   Studholme, Colin ^a   Stokking, Rik ^a   Morano, Gina ^a   Corsi, Maria ^a   Seibyl, John P ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   Zubal, I George ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neurosurgery; Perfusion; Quantitative single photon emission tomography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033951627     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006662     Document Type: Article

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