Use of subtraction ictal SPECT co-registered to MRI for optimizing the localization of seizure foci in children

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 786-792

  Véra, Pierre ^a   Kaminska, Anna ^b   Cieuta, Cécile ^b   Hollo, Andreas ^b   Stiévenart, Jean Louis ^b   Gardin, Isabelle ^b   Ville, Dorothé ^b   Mangin, Jean François ^b   Plouin, Perrine ^b   Dulac, Olivier ^b   Chiron, Catherine ^b  

^a CENTRE HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

99mTc ethyl cysteinate dimer; Children; Co registration; Epilepsy; Image fusion; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTEINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0344603597     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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