The usefulness of subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI in single- and dual-headed SPECT cameras in partial epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 408-414

  Kaiboriboon, Kitti ^a   Lowe, Val J ^a   Chantarujikapong, Sunanta I ^b   Hogan, R Edward ^a,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy, partial; Low resolution SPECT; Magnetic resonance imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography; Subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI (SISCOM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036221204     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.21201.x     Document Type: Article

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