Focus diagnosis of epilepsy using near-infrared spectroscopy

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Watanabe, E [1 ]
Nagahori, Y [1 ]
Mayanagi, Y [1 ]
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[1] Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1028161, Japan
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10.1046/j.1528-1157.43.s.9.12.x
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Purpose: We sought to establish a noninvasive method for focus diagnosis of epilepsy. Methods: We examined the use of multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). It is known as a noninvasive method of functional brain mapping. We monitored cerebral blood volume change with NIRS during long-term EEG monitoring of epilepsy in 32 cases with intractable epilepsies to diagnose the epileptogenic focus. Results: In 96% of cases, NIRS showed significant hyperperfusion in the side of seizure foci, whereas ictal SPECT showed hyperperfusion in 69% of cases. Conclusions: Ictal NIRS is a reliable method to evaluate the focus side in epilepsy, especially when it is coupled with ictal SPECT.
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