PISCOM: a new procedure for epilepsy combining ictal SPECT and interictal PET
PurposeWe present a modified version of the SISCOM procedure that uses interictal PET instead of interictal SPECT for seizure onset zone localization. We called this new nuclear imaging processing technique PISCOM (PET interictal subtracted ictal SPECT coregistered with MRI).MethodsWe retrospectivel...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Conselleria de Salut i Consum del Govern de les Illes Balears |
| Repositorio: | Docusalut |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docusalut.com:20.500.13003/9004 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/9004 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Epilepsy Child Adult Humans Child, Preschool Adolescent Middle Aged Magnetic Resonance Imaging Multimodal Imaging Male Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Female Retrospective Studies Young Adult Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Positron-Emission Tomography Epilepsia Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones Preescolar Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador Tomografía Computarizada de Emisión de Fotón Único Femenino Imagen por Resonancia Magnética Adolescente Masculino Humanos Persona de Mediana Edad Adulto Joven Imagen Multimodal Niño Estudios Retrospectivos Adulto PISCOM SISCOM Functional neuroimaging PET in epilepsy SPECT in epilepsy |
| Sumario: | PurposeWe present a modified version of the SISCOM procedure that uses interictal PET instead of interictal SPECT for seizure onset zone localization. We called this new nuclear imaging processing technique PISCOM (PET interictal subtracted ictal SPECT coregistered with MRI).MethodsWe retrospectively studied 23 patients (age range 4-61years) with medically refractory epilepsy who had undergone MRI, ictal SPECT, interictal SPECT and interictal FDG PET and who had been seizure-free for at least 2years after surgical treatment. FDG PET images were reprocessed (rFDG PET) to assimilate SPECT features for image subtraction. Interictal SPECT and rFDG PET were compared using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). PISCOM and SISCOM images were evaluated visually and using an automated volume of interest-based analysis. The results of the two studies were compared with each other and with the known surgical resection site.ResultsSPM showed no significant differences in cortical activity between SPECT and rFDG PET images. PISCOM and SISCOM showed equivalent results in 17 of 23 patients (74%). The seizure onset zone was successfully identified in 19 patients (83%) by PISCOM and in 17 (74%) by SISCOM: in 15 patients (65%) the two techniques showed concordant successful results. The volume of interest-based analysis showed no significant differences between PISCOM and SISCOM in identifying the extension of the seizure onset zone. However, PISCOM showed a lower amount of indeterminate activity due to propagation, background or artefacts.ConclusionPreliminary findings of this initial proof-of-concept study suggest that perfusion and glucose metabolism in the cerebral cortex can be correlated and that PISCOM may be a valid technique for identification of the seizure onset zone. However, further studies are needed to validate these results. |
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