Functional and morphologic data fusion for epileptogenic foci localisation

Abstract

One of the most important and difficult tasks in Epileptology is the localisation of the epileptogenic areas/focus. This is fundamental to achieve good clinical classification and consequent good pharmacological treatment. If needed, it allows adequate surgical procedure consequently decreasing the number of resistant cases and improving patient’s quality of life. In this work we propose a solution with the objective ofimproving the accuracy of epileptogenic event origin location taking into account several types of information (clinical, scalp EEG, SPECT, CT and MRI) that are integrated in a multimedia environment available in the clinical context of epilepsy surgery candidates evaluation.