Objective detection of epileptic foci by18F-FDG PET in children undergoing epilepsy surgery

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1901-1907

  Kumar, Ajay ^a   Juhász, Csaba ^a   Asano, Eishi ^a   Sood, Sandeep ^a   Muzik, Otto ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG pet; Children; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Statistical parametric mapping

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651299742     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.075390     Document Type: Article

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