Quantitatively detecting postictal hypoperfusion in patients with focal epilepsy using CT perfusion: Determining cross-modality comparisons and electrode artifacts.

J Neurosci Methods

Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada; Seaman Family MR Research Centre, University of Calgary, Canada; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: February 2019

Background: We previously showed that CT perfusion (CTP) and arterial spin labelled (ASL) MRI can localize the seizure onset zone in humans via postictal perfusion patterns. As a step towards improving the feasibility/ease of collecting postictal CBF data, we determined whether EEG electrodes need to be removed for CTP data collection and whether a cross-modality comparison between baseline ASL and postictal CTP data is possible.

New Method: Five patients with epilepsy underwent postictal CTP scanning. Three patients had an interictal ASL scan; one patient had both an ASL and CTP interictal scan. Postictal CTP maps were quantitatively compared to 1) ASL maps averaged from 100 healthy controls, 2) each patient's baseline ASL map and 3) each patient's baseline CTP map. To assess for electrode artifacts, a phantom and one patient underwent CTP scanning with EEG electrodes in place. The acquired scans were assessed for artifacts and for postictal hypoperfusion.

Results: Focal postictal hypoperfusion was observable only in intra-modality comparisons (CTP to CTP) and not in cross-modality comparisons (CTP to ASL). EEG electrodes produced streaking artifact that decreased image quality and precluded quantitative analysis.

Comparison With Existing Methods(s): An intra-modality comparison of baseline CTP to postictal CTP was the only comparison method that showed localized hypoperfusion.

Conclusions: Quantitative comparison between postictal CTP and baseline ASL scans is not feasible. Postictal hypoperfusion can be detected by CTP only when two CTP scans are collected and when metallic EEG electrodes are removed.

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