TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - When and Why Perform Functional Brain Imaging: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy A1 - Gaillard, William D. A1 - Ryvlin, Philippe A2 - Duchowny, Michael A2 - Cross, J. Helen A2 - Arzimanoglou, Alexis PY - 2017 T2 - Pediatric Epilepsy AB - Structural and functional imaging is employed to help identify candidates for surgery, to plan surgical approaches, and to inform likelihood of favorable outcome. The primary role of imaging is to help identify and to confirm the location of the seizures focus. This is the place of structural MRI, FDG-PET (fluoro-deoxy glucose positron emission tomography), and SPECT (single-photon emission computerized tomography). Surgical outcome is high when focal abnormalities are found with these imaging techniques. Newer techniques used in planning epilepsy surgery, fMRI, and DTI (diffusion tensor imaging) are used to identify areas to spare or to avoid during resection. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138409570 ER -