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  • Neuroimaging
  • Epilepsy diagnostics
  • Radiology

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  • Ictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is crucial for epilepsy presurgical evaluation.
  • Arterial spin labeling (ASL) offers a non-invasive method for perfusion imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if ASL perfusion images from healthy controls can improve ictal SPECT analysis.
  • To determine if interictal SPECT imaging can be omitted in epilepsy evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • Developed two pipelines: one using ictal/interictal SPECT with ASL controls, another using only ictal SPECT with ASL controls.
  • Compared pipelines against gold standard analysis using Dice score and Euclidean distance on epilepsy patient data.

Main Results:

  • Both ASL-enhanced pipelines showed significantly higher accuracy (Dice score) and precision (lower distance) than the gold standard.
  • The combined ASL and ictal SPECT approach localized hyperperfusion in 85/116 cases, significantly outperforming current methods.

Conclusions:

  • A novel ictal SPECT protocol incorporating ASL perfusion imaging substantially improves the detection of ictal hyperperfusion.
  • This new protocol can potentially reduce radiation dose by half for approximately 50% of individuals undergoing epilepsy evaluation.