Multi-image Fusion Diagnosis and Guided-surgery for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy based on Recent Neuroradiological Examinations

Abstract

  Neuroradiological examinations play an important role in diagnosis and surgery for epilepsy patients. Since the introduction of the 3T MR imager, we have had the means to easily perform high-resolution MR imaging, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and MR spectroscopy. These MR imaging modalities provide important information on focus diagnosis and surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy. Safe and accurate temporal lobe epilepsy surgery can be accomplished by simulating the surgery preoperatively based on three-dimensional fusion images and then performing the surgery under multi-image guidance with PET and SPECT.