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Fusion of FDG and FMZ PET Reduces False-Positives in Predicting Epileptogenic Zone

Bingyang Cai, Shize Jiang, Hui Huang, Jiwei Li, Siyu Yuan, Ya Cui, Weiqi Bao, Jie Hu, Jie Luo and Liang Chen
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2025, 46 (7) 1493-1500; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8647
Bingyang Cai
aFrom the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, (B.C., H.H., J.L., S.Y., Y.C., J.L.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Shize Jiang
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (S.J., J.H., L.C.), Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Hui Huang
aFrom the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, (B.C., H.H., J.L., S.Y., Y.C., J.L.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Jiwei Li
aFrom the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, (B.C., H.H., J.L., S.Y., Y.C., J.L.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Siyu Yuan
aFrom the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, (B.C., H.H., J.L., S.Y., Y.C., J.L.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Ya Cui
aFrom the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, (B.C., H.H., J.L., S.Y., Y.C., J.L.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Weiqi Bao
cPET Center (W.B.), Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jie Hu
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (S.J., J.H., L.C.), Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jie Luo
aFrom the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, (B.C., H.H., J.L., S.Y., Y.C., J.L.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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