Evaluating the development of a SPECT protocol in a Canadian Epilepsy Unit

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-229

  Burneo, Jorge G ^a   Vezina, W ^a   Romsa, J ^a   Smith, B J ^b   McLachlan, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAINING;

EID: 34347254556     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100006090     Document Type: Article

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