Diagnostic accuracy for the epileptogenic zone detection in focal epilepsy could be higher in FDG-PET/MRI than in FDG-PET/CT.

Kazufumi KikuchiOsamu TogaoKoji YamashitaDaichi MomosakaTomohiro NakayamaYoshiyuki KitamuraYoshitomo KikuchiShingo BabaKoji SagiyamaKeisuke IshimatsuRyotaro KameiNobutaka MukaeKoji IiharaSatoshi O SuzukiToru IwakiAkio Hiwatashi

Published in: European radiology (2020)

• Sensitivity of FDG-PET/MRI was significantly higher than that of FDG-PET/CT and standalone MRI (FDG-PET/MRI vs. FDG-PET/CT vs. standalone MRI; 77.4-90.3% vs. 58.1-64.5% vs. 45.2-80.6%, p < 0.0001, respectively). • Visual scores derived from FDG-PET/MRI were significantly higher than those of FDG-PET/CT and standalone MRI (2.8 ± 1.2 vs. 2.0 ± 1.1 vs. 2.1 ± 1.2, p < 0.0001, respectively). • Compared to FDG-PET/CT, FDG-PET/MRI increased the visual score (51.9%, increased visual scores of 2 and 3).

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