AnalyzeDirect Brinkmann BH, O’Brien TJ, Mullan BP, O’Connor MK, Robb RA, So EL. Subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI for seizure focus localization in partial epilepsy. Mayo Clin Proc. June 2000;75(6):615-624.
Publication Date
June 2000
How Analyze was Used
“The extracerebral pixels on MRI are removed by using a semiautomated shape-based algorithm (object extractor, AnalyzeAVW …), and the ictal SPECT image is coregistered to the extracted MRI brain by using surface matching.”
Keywords
Acute Disease
Brain/pathology/radionuclide imaging
Cysteine/analogs & derivatives/diagnostic use
Epilepsies, Partial/diagnosis/pathology/radionuclide imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Organotechnetium Compounds/diagnostic use
Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use
Subtraction Technique
Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime/diagnostic use
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon (SPECT)
Author Affiliation(s)
Section of Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US. (BHB, TBPM, MKO)
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US. (ELS)
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US. (RAR)
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Tags: Acute Disease, Brain/pathology/radionuclide imaging, Computer-Assisted Image Processing/methods, Cysteine/analogs & derivatives/diagnostic use, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Organotechnetium Compounds/diagnostic use, Partial Epilepsies/diagnosis/pathology/radionuclide imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use, Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography (SPECT), Subtraction Technique, Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime/diagnostic use