Simultaneous surface registration of ictal and interictal SPECT and magnetic resonance images for epilepsy studies
NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS, vol.27, no.1, pp.45-55, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 27 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2006
- Doi Number: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000189775.75743.0b
- Journal Name: NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.45-55
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background Subtraction of ictal and interictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images is known to be successful in localizing the seizure focus in the pre-surgical evaluation of patients with partial epilepsy. A computer-aided methods for producing subtraction ictal SPECT co-registered to the magnetic resonance image (MRI) (the SISCOM method) is commonly used. The two registrations involved in SISCOM are (1) between the ictal-interictal SPECT images, which was shown to be the more critical, and (2) between the ictal image and MRI.