Can diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) identify epileptogenic tubers in tuberous sclerosis complex? Correlation with α-[11C]methyl-l-tryptophan ([11C] AMT) positron emission tomography (PET)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 598-603

  Tiwari, Vijay Narayan ^a,b   Kumar, Ajay ^a,b   Chakraborty, Pulak K ^a,b   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b  

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

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11C methyl l tryptophan PET; diffusion tensor imaging; epilepsy; fractional anisotropy; tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRYPTOPHAN; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84860311108     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811422751     Document Type: Article

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