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- The study compares the gradient magnetic-field topography (GMFT) with equivalent current dipole (ECD) and video-EEG data in patients with persistent neocortical epilepsy to assess its effectiveness in localizing brain regions related to epileptic activity.
- The research involved analyzing data from eight patients by mapping GMFT locations during specific MEG spikes and comparing these findings with ECD and clinical zones related to seizures.
- Results showed that GMFT was able to capture more extensive and varied cortical activity than ECD, providing insights into the dynamics of MEG spikes and suggesting GMFT's potential role in better understanding and analyzing neocortical epilepsy.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To compare and validate the gradient magnetic-field topography (GMFT) method of current source localization for understanding epileptic zones against equivalent current dipole (ECD) and intracranial video-EEG (IVEEG) data in patients with intractable neocortical epilepsy.
Methods: We used retrospective data from eight patients to determine GMFT at onset (O) and peak (P) of interictal magnetoencephalography (MEG) spikes and mapped GMFT(O) and GMFT(P) locations and distributions using 12 zones in unilateral hemisphere. We compared GMFT with ECD, ictal onset zones (IOZ) and interictal zones on IVEEG, and seizure outcomes.
Results: We projected GMFT(Os) and (Ps) for all spikes on volume-rendered brain surfaces. We localized ECDs for 6-61% of spikes (mean, 28.4%). GMFT(Ps) (mean, 10.3 zones) extended over more zones than GMFT(Os) (6.3 zones) for each spike (p<0.01). The ECD distributions (2.3 zones) were almost equal to the zones of IOZ and surgical areas. GMFT(O) localizations distributed much more extensively than IOZs and surgical areas in three patients with residual seizures comparing with those in five seizure-free patiens.
Conclusion: We validate the potential of GMFT to study the distribution of MEG spikes. GMFT has an advantage in analyzing the cortical activity and propagation from MEG spikes in neocortical epilepsy.
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