title: Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in pediatric epilepsy.
abstract: Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) is a valuable tool in the assessment of epileptic patients. Radiotracers that distribute according to regional cerebral blood flow permit the identification of altered perfusion to an epileptogenic zone both ictally and interictally. This technique has proven especially useful in temporal lobe epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Treves
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003545:Cysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; C059659:technetium Tc 99m bicisate; D003545:Cysteine