Table 2.
Comparison of metabolic activity between epilepsy patients and healthy controls in 117 brain regions using three normalization methods
| Metabolism | SUVWM_norm | p | SUVCOR_norm | p | SUVglobal_norm | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pt > HC | L-Postcentral Gyrus (Mask33) | 0.027 | L-Postcentral Gyrus (Mask33) | 0.035 | L-Postcentral Gyrus (Mask33) | 0.044 |
| Pt > HC | R-Postcentral Gyrus (Mask34) | 0.016 | R-Postcentral Gyrus (Mask34) | 0.016 | R-Postcentral Gyrus (Mask34) | 0.047 |
| Pt > HC | R-Middle Frontal Gyrus (Mask8) | 0.044 | R-Middle Frontal Gyrus (Mask8) | 0.044 | ||
| Pt > HC | R-Precentral Gyrus (Mask14) | 0.012 | R-Precentral Gyrus (Mask14) | 0.035 | ||
| Pt > HC | L-Superior Parietal Lobule (Mask35) | 0.012 | L-Superior Parietal Lobule (Mask35) | 0.035 | ||
| Pt > HC | L_Precentral Gyrus (Mask13) | 0.044 | ||||
| Pt < HC | R-Temporal Pole (Mask16) | 0.044 | R-Temporal Pole ( Mask16) | 0.035 | R-Temporal Pole (Mask16) | 0.035 |
| Pt < HC | L-Planum Polare (Mask87) | 0.016 | L-Planum Polare (Mask87) | 0.009 | L-Planum Polare (Mask87) | 0.007 |
| R-Insular Cortex (Mask4) | 0.016 | R-Insular Cortex (Mask4) | 0.021 | |||
| L-Temporal Fusiform Cortex, anterior (Mask73) | 0.035 | L-Temporal Fusiform Cortex, anterior (Mask73) | 0.035 | |||
| L-Insular Cortex (Mask3) | 0.044 |