Automated detection of local normalization areas for ictal-interictal subtraction brain SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1419-1425

  Boussion, Nicolas ^a   Houzard, Claire ^a   Ostrowsky, Karine ^a   Ryvlin, Philippe ^a   Mauguière, François ^a   Cinotti, Luc ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Difference images; Epilepsy; Peri ictal SPECT; Quantitative normalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036840162     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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