Combined imaging of epileptic foci and brain metabolism using MEG and FDG-PET

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-250

  Tanaka, Naoaki ^a   Shiga, Tohru ^a   Kamada, Kyosuke ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chitose City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; FDG PET; Magnetoencephalography; Multimodility; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0037364092     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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