Nuclear imaging for localization and surgical outcome prediction in epilepsy: A review of latest discoveries and future perspectives

C Sukprakun, S Tepmongkol - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. Approximately, one-
third of patients with epilepsy have seizures refractory to antiepileptic drugs and further …

[HTML][HTML] Seizure Outcome After Surgery for Refractory Epilepsy Diagnosed by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET/MRI): A …

J Guo, M Guo, R Liu, Y Kong, X Hu, L Yao, S Lv, J Lv… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective When magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fails to detect an underlying
epileptogenic lesion, the odds of a good outcome after epilepsy surgery are significantly …

Electroclinical features of insulo‐opercular epilepsy: an SEEG and PET study

X Wang, W Hu, A McGonigal, C Zhang… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report clinical experience with presurgical evaluation in patients with insulo‐
opercular epilepsy. Quantitative analysis on PET imaging and …

7T MRI with post-processing for the presurgical evaluation of pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy

C Chen, JJ Xie, F Ding, YS Jiang, B Jin… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of seven-tesla (7T) magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) with post-processing of three-dimensional (3D) T1-weighted …

Automated detection of focal cortical dysplasia based on magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography

R Zheng, R Chen, C Chen, Y Yang, Y Ge, L Ye… - … : European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a common etiology of drug-resistant focal
epilepsy. Visual identification of FCD is usually time-consuming and depends on personal …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of hybrid PET/MRI multiparametric imaging in navigating SEEG placement in refractory epilepsy

M Zhang, W Liu, P Huang, X Lin, X Huang, H Meng… - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) implantation before epilepsy surgery is
critical for precise localization and complete resection of the seizure onset zone (SOZ) …

Quantitative analysis of the morphometric analysis program MAP in patients with truly MRI-negative focal epilepsy

N Fearns, D Birk, J Bartkiewicz, J Rémi, S Noachtar… - Epilepsy Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective In the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy, identifying the epileptogenic zone is
challenging if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is negative. Several studies have shown …

[HTML][HTML] Voxel-based morphometric MRI post-processing and PET/MRI co-registration reveal subtle abnormalities in cingulate epilepsy

K Sun, Z Ren, D Yang, X Wang, T Yu, D Ni, L Qiao… - Epilepsy Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Presurgical evaluation of patients with MRI-negative cingulate epilepsy (MRI-
negative CE) is challenging.•Ten patients with MRI-negative CE were assessed using MAP …

Additional clinical value of voxel‐based morphometric MRI post‐processing for MRI‐negative epilepsies: a prospective study

R El Tahry, SF Santos, P Vrielynck… - Epileptic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: Magnetic resonance imaging is of paramount importance in the presurgical evaluation
of drug resistant epilepsy. Detection of a potentially epileptogenic lesion significantly …

The UK experience of stereoelectroencephalography in children: An analysis of factors predicting the identification of a seizure‐onset zone and subsequent seizure …

UK Children's Epilepsy Surgery Collaboration… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is being used more frequently in the pre‐
surgical evaluation of children with focal epilepsy. It has been shown to be safe in children …