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Abstract #1382

The Value of Resting State-fMRI for Detecting Epileptogenic Zone in Patients with Focal Epilepsy

Jianzhong Yin 1,2 , Bofeng Zhao 1 , Zhijuan Chen 3 , Weidong Yang 3 , Yu Qing 4 , Li Cai 5 , Panli Zuo 6 , Hongyan Ni 1,2 , and Wen Shen 1,2

1 Radiology Department, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, Tianjin, China, 2 Tianjin Medical Imaging Institution, Tianjin, China, 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, 4 Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, 5 Clinical PET-CT Center, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, 6 MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthcare China, Beijing, China

We made systematic comparison of the findings of resting state fMRI with other localization techniques, including VEEG, PET, and MRI, for epileptogenic zone. It revealed that RS-MRI based on those analysis methods has almost the same sensitivity of PET, and almost the same specificity of VEEG for localization of epileptogenic zone. Although there are still some way off for routine usage, our findings suggest that RS-fMRI, which has the advantages of non-invasiveness, fairly high spatial resolution and easy implementation, could be a powerful and efficient tool for further clinical application.

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