sefulness of 11C Methionine PET in patients with epilepsy or brain tumor
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- epilepsy, brain tumor
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000010857
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
Refer the following paper. Evaluation of amygdala pathology using (11)C-methionine positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and amygdala enlargement. Sone D, Ito K, Taniguchi G, Murata Y, Nakata Y, Watanabe Y, Okazaki M, Sato N, Matsuda H, Watanabe M. Epilepsy Res. 2015 May;112:114-21. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.02.018. Epub 2015 Mar 10.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Persons with severe physical conditions 2. Expecting mother at PET examination 3. Persons with contraindications of MRI or PET 4. Inadequate persons decided by medical doctors
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pathological findings
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensitivity of 11C methionine PET