MR Imaging–Based Correction for Partial Volume Effect Improves Detectability of Intractable Epileptogenic Foci on Iodine 123 Iomazenil Brain SPECT Images: An Extended Study with a Larger Sample Size

^aFrom the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics (H.K., E.S., K.I., J.H.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
^bNational Epilepsy Center (K.M., K.B.), Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka, Japan
^cWorld Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center (M.I.), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Please address correspondence to Hiroki Kato, MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2–2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan; e-mail:kato-h{at}umin.ac.jp

Contributions of each author: Hiroki Kato: conception, design, analyzing and interpreting data, and drafting the manuscript; Kazumi Matsuda: conception and design and revising the manuscript; Koich Baba: acquiring data and enhancing intellectual content; Eku Shimosegawa: enhancing intellectual content; Kayako Isohashi: enhancing intellectual content; Masao Imaizumi: enhancing intellectual content; Jun Hatazawa: conception and design and critically contributing to the manuscript.