Anatomy-based reconstruction of FDG-PET images with implicit partial volume correction improves detection of hypometabolic regions in patients with epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia diagnosed on MRI

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1148-1155

  Goffin, Karolien ^a   Van Paesschen, Wim ^a   Dupont, Patrick ^a   Baete, Kristof ^a   Palmini, André ^b   Nuyts, Johan ^a   Van Laere, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A MAP; FCD; FDG PET; Hypometabolism

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METABOLISM; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954887887     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1405-5     Document Type: Article

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