Interictal PET and ictal subtraction SPECT: Sensitivity in the detection of seizure foci in patients with medically intractable epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-350

  Desai, Atman ^a   Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Thadani, Vijay M ^a   Roberts, David W ^a   Jobst, Barbara C ^a   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^b   Gilbert, Karen ^a   Darcey, Terrance M ^a   Studholme, Colin ^c   Siegel, Alan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy imaging; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure localization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873414420     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03686.x     Document Type: Article

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