18F-FDG PET-guided diffusion tractography reveals white matter abnormalities around the epileptic focus in medically refractory epilepsy: implications for epilepsy surgical evaluation.
Stefan E PoirierBenjamin Y M KwanMichael T JurkiewiczLina SamargandyDavid A StevenAna Suller-MartiVictor Lam Shin CheungAli R KhanJonathan RomsaFrank S PratoJorge G BurneoJonathan D ThiessenUdunna C AnazodoPublished in: European journal of hybrid imaging (2020)
We demonstrate here the utility of AI mapping in detecting the EF based on brain regions showing decreased FDG-PET activity and, when coupled with DTI, could be a powerful tool for detecting EF and assessing WM integrity in MRI-negative epilepsy. PET/DTI could be used to further enhance clinical decision-making in epilepsy surgery.
Keyphrases
- white matter
- pet ct
- positron emission tomography
- pet imaging
- computed tomography
- multiple sclerosis
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- temporal lobe epilepsy
- machine learning
- acute coronary syndrome
- contrast enhanced
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery disease
- deep learning
- mass spectrometry
- atrial fibrillation