Neuroimaging of epilepsy

F Cendes, WH Theodore, BH Brinkmann, V Sulc… - Handbook of clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation and management of patients with seizure disorders.
Elegant structural neuroimaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may assist in …

[HTML][HTML] PET studies in epilepsy

I Sarikaya - American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Various PET studies, such as measurements of glucose, serotonin and oxygen metabolism,
cerebral blood flow and receptor bindings are availabe for epilepsy. 18 Fluoro-2 …

Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of frontal lobe epilepsy surgery

LE Jeha, I Najm, W Bingaman, D Dinner… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) surgery is the second most common surgery performed to treat
pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Yet, little is known about long-term seizure outcome following …

FDG-PET improves surgical outcome in negative MRI Taylor-type focal cortical dysplasias

F Chassoux, S Rodrigo, F Semah, F Beuvon, E Landre… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of 18FDG-PET in a
recent series of patients operated for intractable partial epilepsy associated with …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral metabolism and perfusion in MR-negative individuals with refractory focal epilepsy assessed by simultaneous acquisition of 18F-FDG PET and …

IB Galazzo, MV Mattoli, FB Pizzini, E De Vita… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016 - Elsevier
The major challenge in pre-surgical epileptic patient evaluation is the correct identification of
the seizure onset area, especially in MR-negative patients. In this study, we aimed to:(1) …

The role of FDG-PET, ictal SPECT, and MEG in the epilepsy surgery evaluation

RC Knowlton - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006 - Elsevier
2-[18F] Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), ictal single-
photon-emission computed tomography (ictal SPECT), and magnetoencephalography …

Relationship between PET metabolism and SEEG epileptogenicity in focal lesional epilepsy

S Lagarde, M Boucekine, A McGonigal… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the performance of 18 F-FDG PET for distinguishing the
epileptogenic zone (EZ) from propagation and non-involved zones at brain area level, as …

18F-FDG PET in drug-resistant epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia type 2: additional value of electroclinical data and coregistration with MRI

S Desarnaud, C Mellerio, F Semah, A Laurent… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To assess the localizing value of 18 F-FDG PET in patients operated on for drug-
resistant epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia type 2 (FCD 2). Methods We analysed 18 F …

[HTML][HTML] PET and ictal SPECT can be helpful for localizing epileptic foci

TJ von Oertzen - Current opinion in neurology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
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