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Oxygen-enhanced MRI in temporal lobe epilepsy: Diagnosis and lateralization.
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PMID:  21917423     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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We explored the diagnostic value of oxygen-enhanced MRI, a novel technique for measuring regional brain metabolism, in a set of normal adult volunteers and temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Eight right-handed adult normal volunteers and ten right-handed patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were studied. Six patients had lesions concordant with their epilepsy on high-resolution (3T) structural MRI. Four patients were nonlesional. Hyperoxia (oxygen enhancement, OE) was carried out by administering 100% O(2) in epochs by mask or cannula interleaved with breathing of normal atmospheric air. The T2* (blood oxygen level dependent, BOLD) signal was recorded in continuously acquired echo-planar images. Data from nine temporal lobe subregions were subjected to spectral analysis and statistical testing. OE resulted in unambiguous concordant positive T2* signal change in all subjects. Analysis of the distribution of spectral power within the temporal lobe revealed a significant (p<0.025, one-sided) group difference between normals and epilepsy patients, with seven patients exhibiting large deviations from normalcy that lateralized their disease. Two such patients had nonlesional MRIs. Oxygen-enhanced MRI is a promising metabolic imaging modality for the diagnosis and lateralization of oxidative metabolic derangement associated with lesional and nonlesional temporal lobe epilepsy.
Authors:
Giridhar P Kalamangalam; Jeffrey T Nelson; Timothy M Ellmore; Ponnada A Narayana
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-9-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Epilepsy research     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1872-6844     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-9-15     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8703089     Medline TA:  Epilepsy Res     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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