Neurosurgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy on the basis of a fusion of MRI and SPECT images : case report

2010
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dc.abstract.enBackground: Epilepsy concerns at least 0.5% of population and in most of the cases (approx. 70%) can be treated pharmacologically, which helps to prevent seizures. In all other patients, such a treatment does not produce the desired results. Their condition may require neurosurgical management. The aim of this work was to fuse anatomical MRI images and functional SPECT images in patients with drugresistant epilepsy, without structural changes on MRI or with changes so severe that it would be impossible to establish which ones are responsible for seizures. The authors presented a case of a child subjected to a neurosurgical procedure carried out on the basis of the fused MRI and SPECT images. Case Report: A seven-year-old boy with an extensive defect of the right hemisphere (cortical dysplasia with multiple balloon-like cells) operated on three times due to a history of treatment-resistant seizures present since the age of one. A subsequent MRI examination was performed with magnetic field intensity of 1.5 T, within a routine epilepsy protocol applying volumetric thin-slice T1-weighted images. Next, in the interictal period, a SPECT examination was performed with the use of the 99mTc-labelled ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTcECD). For fusion and postprocessing, the following software was used: PMOD (Biomedical Image Quantification PMOD Technologies) with PFUS (Flexible Image Matching and Fusion Tool) and a program for a quantitative analysis of counts in the region of interest, so called VOI Constructor (Volume of Interest Constructor). On the basis of the fusion of images, the boy was subjected to the next operation procedure. The remaining fragments of the right frontal and parietal lobe adjacent to the occipital lobe were removed. Seizure remission was obtained and it was already 31 months long when we were writing this article. Conclusions: Owing to this multi-stage procedure, it was possible to avoid a total anatomical and functional hemispherectomy. This allowed for a resection limited to regions indicated by integrated imaging. Removal of cortical areas including lesions was advantageous in this presented case, as it allowed for saving active regions of the brain.pl
dc.contributor.authorJurkiewicz, Elżbietapl
dc.contributor.authorBekiesińska-Figatowska, Monikapl
dc.contributor.authorMiśko, Jolantapl
dc.contributor.authorKamińska, Annapl
dc.contributor.authorKwiatkowski, Stanisławpl
dc.contributor.authorTerczyńska, Iwonapl
dc.date.accession2018-10-11pl
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T11:26:58Z
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dc.date.issued2010pl
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dc.description.additionalBibliogr. s. 54pl
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dc.description.volume75pl
dc.identifier.articleid881149pl
dc.identifier.eissn1899-0967pl
dc.identifier.issn1733-134Xpl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / OPpl
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/57895
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dc.subject.endrug-resistant epilepsypl
dc.subject.enbrainpl
dc.subject.enmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)pl
dc.subject.ensingle photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)pl
dc.subject.enfusion of the imagespl
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dc.titleNeurosurgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy on the basis of a fusion of MRI and SPECT images : case reportpl
dc.title.alternativeNeurochirurgiczne leczenie lekoopornej padaczki na podstawie fuzji obrazów MR i SPECT : opis przypadkupl
dc.title.journalPolish Journal of Radiologypl
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Background: Epilepsy concerns at least 0.5% of population and in most of the cases (approx. 70%) can be treated pharmacologically, which helps to prevent seizures. In all other patients, such a treatment does not produce the desired results. Their condition may require neurosurgical management. The aim of this work was to fuse anatomical MRI images and functional SPECT images in patients with drugresistant epilepsy, without structural changes on MRI or with changes so severe that it would be impossible to establish which ones are responsible for seizures. The authors presented a case of a child subjected to a neurosurgical procedure carried out on the basis of the fused MRI and SPECT images. Case Report: A seven-year-old boy with an extensive defect of the right hemisphere (cortical dysplasia with multiple balloon-like cells) operated on three times due to a history of treatment-resistant seizures present since the age of one. A subsequent MRI examination was performed with magnetic field intensity of 1.5 T, within a routine epilepsy protocol applying volumetric thin-slice T1-weighted images. Next, in the interictal period, a SPECT examination was performed with the use of the 99mTc-labelled ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTcECD). For fusion and postprocessing, the following software was used: PMOD (Biomedical Image Quantification PMOD Technologies) with PFUS (Flexible Image Matching and Fusion Tool) and a program for a quantitative analysis of counts in the region of interest, so called VOI Constructor (Volume of Interest Constructor). On the basis of the fusion of images, the boy was subjected to the next operation procedure. The remaining fragments of the right frontal and parietal lobe adjacent to the occipital lobe were removed. Seizure remission was obtained and it was already 31 months long when we were writing this article. Conclusions: Owing to this multi-stage procedure, it was possible to avoid a total anatomical and functional hemispherectomy. This allowed for a resection limited to regions indicated by integrated imaging. Removal of cortical areas including lesions was advantageous in this presented case, as it allowed for saving active regions of the brain.
dc.contributor.authorpl
Jurkiewicz, Elżbieta
dc.contributor.authorpl
Bekiesińska-Figatowska, Monika
dc.contributor.authorpl
Miśko, Jolanta
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kamińska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kwiatkowski, Stanisław
dc.contributor.authorpl
Terczyńska, Iwona
dc.date.accessionpl
2018-10-11
dc.date.accessioned
2018-10-11T11:26:58Z
dc.date.available
2018-10-11T11:26:58Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2010
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.additionalpl
Bibliogr. s. 54
dc.description.numberpl
3
dc.description.physicalpl
51-54
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volumepl
75
dc.identifier.articleidpl
881149
dc.identifier.eissnpl
1899-0967
dc.identifier.issnpl
1733-134X
dc.identifier.projectpl
ROD UJ / OP
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https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/57895
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http://archiwum.polradiol.com/download/index/idArt/881149.html
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eng
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eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY-NC-ND
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.pl
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otwarte czasopismo
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drug-resistant epilepsy
dc.subject.enpl
brain
dc.subject.enpl
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
dc.subject.enpl
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
dc.subject.enpl
fusion of the images
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Article
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Neurosurgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy on the basis of a fusion of MRI and SPECT images : case report
dc.title.alternativepl
Neurochirurgiczne leczenie lekoopornej padaczki na podstawie fuzji obrazów MR i SPECT : opis przypadku
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Polish Journal of Radiology
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