Utility of gray-matter segmentation of ictal-Interictal perfusion SPECT and interictal 18F-FDG-PET in medically refractory epilepsy

Epilepsy, or recurrent unprovoked seizures, is estimated to affect 50 million people worldwide with an incidence of 44 per 100,000 person-years (Hauser et al., 1993). Twenty-nine percent of people with epilepsy are considered to have medically refractory epilepsy, which is associated with poor quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality (Kwan and Brodie, 2000; Lee et al., 2005; Shandal et al., 2012).
Source: Epilepsy Research - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research