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SPECT and PET

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MRI in Epilepsy

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Abstract

Ictal perfusion single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography of brain metabolism are functional nuclear imaging modalities that are useful in the presurgical evaluation of patients with refractory focal epilepsy, and provide information on the ictal onset zone, seizure propagation pathways, and functional deficit zones. Combined with electrophysiological and coregistered MRI data, these techniques allow a noninvasive presurgical evaluation in a growing number of patients with refractory focal epilepsy, and are particularly useful in patients with normal MRI findings, focal dysplastic lesions, dual pathology and discordant seizure symptoms, and electrophysiology and morphological data. In addition, these techniques may provide crucial information in the planning of invasive electroencephalography studies.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Wim Van Paesschen

  2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Leuven and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Karolien Goffin & Koen Van Laere

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Van Paesschen, W., Goffin, K., Van Laere, K. (2013). SPECT and PET. In: Urbach, H. (eds) MRI in Epilepsy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_561

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