The use of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG-PET) positron emission tomography in the routine diagnosis of epilepsy

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-252

  Swartz, Barbara E ^a,b,d,e   Brown, Charles ^a   Mandelkern, Mark A ^a,c   Khonsari, Ali ^a   Patell, Ashok ^a   Thomas, Ken ^a   Torgersen, Denise ^b   Delgado Escueta, A V ^a,b   Walsh, Gregory O ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; EEG; Epilepsy; FDG PET; MRI

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 0036306490     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-0397(01)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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