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Current clinical magnetoencephalography practice across Europe: Are we closer to use MEG as an established clinical tool?
De Tiège, Xavier; Lundqvist, Daniel; Beniczky, Sándor; Seri, Stefano; Paetau, Ritva.
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  • De Tiège X; Department of Functional Neuroimaging, Service of Nuclear Medicine, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium; Laboratoire de Cartographie fonctionnelle du Cerveau, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address
  • Lundqvist D; NatMEG, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Beniczky S; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Danish Epilepsy Center, Dianalund, Denmark; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Seri S; School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Paetau R; Departments of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Seizure ; 50: 53-59, 2017 Aug.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28623727
PURPOSE: This comprehensive survey aims at characterizing the current clinical use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) across European MEG centres. METHODS: Forty-four MEG centres across Europe were contacted in May 2015 via personalized e-mail to contribute to survey. The web-based survey was available on-line for 1 month and the MEG centres that did not respond were further contacted to maximize participation. RESULTS: Among the 57% of responders, 12 centres from 10 different countries reported to use MEG for clinical applications. A total of 524 MEG investigations were performed in 2014 for the pre-surgical evaluation of epilepsy, while in the same period 244 MEG investigations were performed for pre-surgical functional brain mapping. Seven MEG centres located in different European countries performed ≥50 MEG investigations for epilepsy mapping in 2014, both in children and adults. In those centres, time from patient preparation to MEG data reporting tends to be lower than those investigating a lower annual number of patients. CONCLUSION: This survey demonstrates that there is in Europe an increasing and widespread expertise in the field of clinical MEG. These findings should serve as a basis to harmonize clinical MEG procedures and promote the clinical added value of MEG across Europe. MEG should now be considered in Europe as a mature clinical neurophysiological technique that should be used routinely in two specific clinical indications, i.e, the pre-surgical evaluation of refractory focal epilepsy and functional brain mapping.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Magnetoencefalografía Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Adult / Child / Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Seizure Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Magnetoencefalografía Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Adult / Child / Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Seizure Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido