Composite siscom images in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: technique and illustration of regions of hyperperfusion

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 539-545

  Hogan, R Edward ^a   Kaiboriboon, Kitti ^b   Osman, Medhat ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Single photon emission computed tomography; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2542639995     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000126631.55284.de     Document Type: Article

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