Automatic and remote controlled ictal SPECT injection for seizure focus localization by use of a commercial contrast agent application pump

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1409-1413

  Feichtinger, Michael ^a   Eder, Hans ^a   Holl, Alexander ^a   Körner, Eva ^a   Zmugg, Gerda ^a   Aigner, Reingard ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^a   Ott, Erwin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Ictal SPECT; Presurgical evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; INJECTION; LATENT PERIOD; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34447340503     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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