Comparison of MR imaging with PET and IctalSPECT in 118 patients with intractable epilepsy

HJ Won, KH Chang, JE Cheon… - American journal …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR imaging, PET, and ictal SPECT have been studied
extensively as individual techniques in the localization of epileptogenic foci, but only a few …

Comparative analysis of MR imaging, positron emission tomography, and ictal single-photon emission CT in patients with neocortical epilepsy

SI Hwang, JH Kim, SW Park, MH Han… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR imaging, positron emission tomography (PET), and
single-photon emission CT (SPECT) play important roles in presurgical localization of …

The relative contributions of MRI, SPECT, and PET imaging in epilepsy

SS Spencer - Epilepsia, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Functional and structural neuroimaging techniques are increasingly indispensable in the
evaluation of epileptic patients for localization of the epileptic area as well as for …

Neuroimaging in epilepsy: diagnostic strategies in partial epilepsy

GD Cascino - Seminars in neurology, 2008 - thieme-connect.com
The diagnostic evaluation of the patient with partial or localization-related epilepsy is
designed to identify treatment strategies that will permit the individual to be seizure-free. The …

Clinical applications: Mri, spect, and pet

SS Spencer, WH Theodore, SF Berkovic - Magnetic resonance imaging, 1995 - Elsevier
MRI, PET, and SPECT are all used to image abnormalities in the epileptic brain.
Comparison of the techniques is difficult because they measure different aspects of the …

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

A Desai, K Bekelis, VM Thadani, DW Roberts… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Interictal positron emission tomography (PET) and ictal subtraction single photon
emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the brain have been shown to be valuable tests …

The role of radionuclide imaging in epilepsy, part 1: sporadic temporal and extratemporal lobe epilepsy

A Kumar, HT Chugani - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Epilepsy is one of the most common yet diverse neurologic disorders, affecting almost 1%–
2% of the population. Presently, radionuclide imaging such as PET and SPECT is not used …

Comparative study of interictal PET and ictal SPECT in complex partial seizures

ON Markand, V Salanova, R Worth… - Acta neurologica …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Objective–To compare the sensitivity of ictal 99mTc‐HMPAO single photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) with interictal 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

Planned ictal FDG PET imaging for localization of extratemporal epileptic foci

CC Meltzer, PD Adelson, RP Brenner, PK Crumrine… - …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: This work demonstrates the feasibility of planned ictal positron emission
tomography (PET) with [18F] fluoro‐2‐deoxy‐glucose (FDG) for localization of epileptic …

PET/MRI and PET/MRI/SISCOM coregistration in the presurgical evaluation of refractory focal epilepsy

S Fernández, A Donaire, E Serès, X Setoain… - Epilepsy Research, 2015 - Elsevier
We aimed to investigate the usefulness of coregistration of positron emission tomography
(PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings (PET/MRI) and of coregistration of …