Table 1 Concordance between ASL and other preoperative evaluation techniques for detecting abnormalities in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
From: Arterial spin labeling perfusion MRI applications in drug-resistant epilepsy and epileptic emergency
Author, year | Number of patients | Seizure type | Postictal perfusion alternations in ASL | Â | Concordance between ASL and techniques | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scalp or intracranial VEEG | sMRI | Interictal PET | Ictal or peri-ictal SPECT | MEG | SISCOM | ||||
Gaxiola-Valdez et al., 2017 [22] | 21, adult | drug-resistant focal epilepsy | 15/21(71.4%) | 12/15(80%) | 15/21(71.4%) | 10/14(71%) | 9/15(60%) | NA | NA |
Lam et al., 2021 [23] | 25, children | focal epilepsy | 17/25(68%) | 12/18(66.7%) | 17/20(85%) | 15/20(75%) | 10/16(62.5%) | 6/8(75%) | NA |
Sierra-Marcos et al., 2016 [24] | 25, adult | drug-resistant neocortical epilepsy | 15/25(60%) | 15/25(60%) | 20/25(80%) | 15/17(88.2%) | NA | NA | 6/17(35.3%) |
Galazzo et al., 2016 [31] | 20, adult | refractory focal epilepsy | NA | NA | All negative MRI | 18/20(90%) | NA | NA | NA |
Shang et al., 2018 [34] | 20, adult | temporal lobe epilepsy | NA | NA | All negative MRI | 14/19(73.7%) | NA | NA | NA |