SPECT in Focal Epilepsies

Brain perfusion changes during seizures were first observed in the 1930s. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) was developed in the 1970s, and tracers suitable for the imaging of regional cerebral perfusion (rCP) became available in the 1980s. The method was first used to study rCP in...

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Main Author: Roderick Duncan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2000-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/904719