FDG-PET/MRI coregistration improves detection of cortical dysplasia in patients with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1594-1601

  Salamon, N ^a   Kung, J ^a   Shaw, S J ^a   Koo, J ^a   Koh, S ^a   Wu, J Y ^a   Lerner, J T ^a   Sankar, R ^a   Shields, W D ^a   Engel, J ^a   Fried, I ^a   Miyata, H ^a   Yong, W H ^a   Vinters, H V ^a   Mathern, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149401316     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000334752.41807.2f     Document Type: Article

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