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Imaging with PET/CT in Patients with Epilepsy

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Functional imaging plays an important role in the management of patients with epilepsy, especially in medically refractory cases. In addition to physical and neurologic examinations, electroencephalograms (EEGs) and blood tests, imaging may be very helpful in surgery candidates in order to accurately localize the epileptic focus.

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Division, Clinical Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Nikoletta Pianou

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Athens, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Sofia Chatziioannou

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Pianou, N., Chatziioannou, S. (2019). Imaging with PET/CT in Patients with Epilepsy. In: Fountas, K., Kapsalaki, E. (eds) Epilepsy Surgery and Intrinsic Brain Tumor Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95918-4_4

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